Work & commute · DuBois

Work & commute in DuBois, PA

About one in 4 of DuBois’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sandy (17%), Brookville (3%) and Lawrence (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

806 of 2,869 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,063 DuBois residents head out of town to work, 806 work right here, and 4,396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DuBois.

2,063live here, work elsewhere

806live and work here

4,396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DuBois goes to work

DuBois (in town)right here

28%806

Sandy2.2 mi away

17%501

Brookville17.3 mi away

3%77

Lawrence15.8 mi away

2%50

Falls Creek3 mi away

2%44

Reynoldsville7.2 mi away

1%41

Snyder9.7 mi away

1%41

White38 mi away

1%37

Brockway8.8 mi away

1%36

St. Marys26 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,201

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

How far

How far DuBois commutes

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

54%

12%

24%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DuBois is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in DuBois are

5,202 jobs are based in DuBois. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DuBois’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DuBois

5,202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs DuBois residents hold

2,869 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−30%

Jobs based in DuBois, 2013 → 2023: 7,428 → 5,202. 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.