Work & commute · Clearfield

Work & commute in Clearfield, PA

Most working residents leave Clearfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (11%), Butler (11%) and Butler (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,169 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,146 Clearfield residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearfield.

1,146live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearfield goes to work

Pittsburgh31 mi away

11%127

Butler9.8 mi away

11%127

Butler8.4 mi away

10%112

Jefferson6.6 mi away

4%44

Summit5 mi away

2%29

Donegal4.9 mi away

2%28

Clearfield (in town)right here

2%23

Cranberry21.6 mi away

2%22

Chicora7 mi away

2%21

Center11 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%616

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

How far

How far Clearfield commutes

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

35%

31%

24%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearfield is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearfield are

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

Jobs based in Clearfield

278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Clearfield residents hold

1,169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Clearfield, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 278. 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.