Work & commute · Cresson

Work & commute in Cresson, PA

Most working residents leave Cresson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (14%), Cresson (7%) and Richland (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 568 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 529 Cresson residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cresson.

529live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cresson goes to work

Altoona10.2 mi away

14%79

Cresson (in town)right here

7%39

Cresson1 mi away

7%39

Richland18.2 mi away

5%26

Allegheny5.9 mi away

4%24

Cambria8.6 mi away

4%23

Logan9.6 mi away

3%17

Ebensburg7.6 mi away

3%15

Johnstown19.9 mi away

2%13

Greenfield11.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%280

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

How far

How far Cresson commutes

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

40%

29%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cresson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cresson are

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

Jobs based in Cresson

759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Cresson residents hold

568 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Cresson, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 759. 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.