Work & commute · Elco

Work & commute in Elco, PA

Most working residents leave Elco for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Roscoe (6%), California (5%) and Fallowfield (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 114 Elco residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elco.

114live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elco goes to work

Roscoe0.9 mi away

6%7

California2 mi away

5%6

Fallowfield6.1 mi away

5%6

Washington20.4 mi away

4%5

Robinson29.3 mi away

4%5

Carroll7.2 mi away

4%4

Collier25.8 mi away

4%4

Charleroi4.1 mi away

3%3

Speers2.8 mi away

3%3

Pleasant Hills17.7 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%68

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

How far

How far Elco commutes

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

40%

32%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elco is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elco are

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

Jobs based in Elco

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities89%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Elco residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−65%

Jobs based in Elco, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 9. 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.