Every workday, about 230 people come to Cove Forge for work
Most working residents leave Cove Forge for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsburg (13%), Altoona (8%) and Woodbury (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
What kind of work town is Cove Forge?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Cove Forge’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 22 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Cove Forge on a workday afternoon, 255% more than live here.
9.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Cove Forge’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cove Forge clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Cove Forge commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
228 jobs are based in Cove Forge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cove Forge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cove Forge, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 228. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Working from home in Cove Forge
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Cove Forge workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Cove Forge and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Woodbury (8%). Darker towns draw more of Cove Forge’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Cove Forge
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cove Forge, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.