Work & commute · Elder

Work & commute in Elder, PA

Most working residents leave Elder for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (11%), Cambria (5%) and Patton (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 393 Elder residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elder.

393live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elder goes to work

Altoona19 mi away

11%45

Cambria12.6 mi away

5%21

Elder (in town)right here

5%20

Patton3.5 mi away

4%17

Johnstown26.7 mi away

4%15

Hastings1 mi away

3%14

Allegheny18.9 mi away

3%14

Richland27.8 mi away

3%12

Ebensburg12.8 mi away

3%11

Logan17.1 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%233

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

How far

How far Elder commutes

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

20%

40%

17%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elder is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elder are

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

Jobs based in Elder

376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Elder residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+45%

Jobs based in Elder, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 376. 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.