Work & commute · Duncansville

Work & commute in Duncansville, PA

Most working residents leave Duncansville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (18%), Allegheny (10%) and Hollidaysburg (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 534 Duncansville residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duncansville.

534live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duncansville goes to work

Altoona5.9 mi away

18%98

Allegheny3 mi away

10%57

Hollidaysburg2 mi away

7%38

Logan7.1 mi away

6%32

Blair2.2 mi away

5%25

Greenfield8.8 mi away

4%23

Antis15.2 mi away

2%11

Duncansville (in town)right here

2%9

College41.9 mi away

2%9

Snyder21.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%233

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

How far

How far Duncansville commutes

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

55%

17%

10%

19%

55%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duncansville is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duncansville are

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

Jobs based in Duncansville

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Duncansville residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−42%

Jobs based in Duncansville, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 327. 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.