Work & commute · Dale

Work & commute in Dale, PA

Most working residents leave Dale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (19%), Richland (13%) and Pittsburgh (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 322 Dale residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dale.

322live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dale goes to work

Johnstown1.2 mi away

19%61

Richland3.7 mi away

13%43

Pittsburgh57 mi away

3%10

Upper Yoder4.6 mi away

2%6

Dale (in town)right here

2%5

Philadelphia200.2 mi away

2%5

Somerset21.7 mi away

2%5

Geistown2.1 mi away

1%4

Smithfield47.4 mi away

1%4

College66.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%180

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

How far

How far Dale commutes

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

44%

14%

32%

44%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dale is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dale are

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

Jobs based in Dale

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Dale residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−40%

Jobs based in Dale, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 71. 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.