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Work & commute · Chester Hill

Work & commute in Chester Hill, PA

Most working residents leave Chester Hill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rush (9%), Decatur (6%) and College (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
11 of 290 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 279 Chester Hill residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chester Hill.

279live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
373work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chester Hill goes to work

Osceola MillsChester HillPhilipsburgClearfieldState CollegeAltoonaCollegePattonCooperDecaturLawrenceWoodwardBradfordRushFergusonSouth PhilipsburgRushDecaturCollegeLawrenceState CollegeWoodwardPhilipsburgPattonFergusonChester Hill
1
Rush4.8 mi away
9%27
2
Decatur4.3 mi away
6%18
3
College22.1 mi away
5%14
4
Lawrence17.9 mi away
5%14
5
State College20.6 mi away
4%13
6
Woodward8.3 mi away
4%12
7
Chester Hill (in town)right here
4%11
8
Philipsburg1 mi away
3%10
9
Patton16.7 mi away
3%10
10
Ferguson18 mi away
3%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%151

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Chester Hill commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chester Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chester Hill are

384 jobs are based in Chester Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chester Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chester Hill

384 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities42%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Chester Hill residents hold

290 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+8%

Jobs based in Chester Hill, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 384. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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