Work & commute · Clearfield

Work & commute in Clearfield, PA

Most working residents leave Clearfield for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (20%), DuBois (4%) and Bradford (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

396 of 2,396 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,000 Clearfield residents head out of town to work, 396 work right here, and 1,662 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearfield.

2,000live here, work elsewhere

396live and work here

1,662work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearfield goes to work

Lawrence4.4 mi away

20%482

Clearfield (in town)right here

17%396

DuBois17.9 mi away

4%100

Bradford6.2 mi away

4%88

Sandy17.3 mi away

4%86

Curwensville5.2 mi away

3%70

College35.5 mi away

2%58

Rush18.9 mi away

2%55

Decatur11.7 mi away

2%41

White44.1 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%983

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.

45%

17%

18%

21%

45%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearfield are

2,058 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

2,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Clearfield residents hold

2,396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−20%

Jobs based in Clearfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,575 → 2,058. 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.