Work & commute · Clarion

Work & commute in Clarion, PA

Most working residents leave Clarion for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Paint (8%), Monroe (7%) and Clarion (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

199 of 1,259 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,060 Clarion residents head out of town to work, 199 work right here, and 1,765 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarion.

1,060live here, work elsewhere

199live and work here

1,765work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarion goes to work

Clarion (in town)right here

16%199

Paint2.6 mi away

8%95

Monroe5.4 mi away

7%94

Clarion4.3 mi away

5%64

Pittsburgh61.6 mi away

3%38

Brookville15.8 mi away

2%27

New Bethlehem14.3 mi away

2%24

Snyder29.3 mi away

2%21

Cranberry19.5 mi away

2%19

Strattanville2.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%662

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

How far

How far Clarion commutes

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

41%

12%

13%

33%

41%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarion is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarion are

1,964 jobs are based in Clarion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarion

1,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Clarion residents hold

1,259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−29%

Jobs based in Clarion, 2013 → 2023: 2,762 → 1,964. 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.