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Work & commute · Eldred

Work & commute in Eldred, PA

Most working residents leave Eldred for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (7%), Hegins (6%) and Upper Mahantongo (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
5 of 320 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 315 Eldred residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eldred.

315live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
50work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Eldred goes to work

WilliamstownElizabethvilleHerndonCressonaAshlandGratzPottsvilleButlerCassHeginsHubleyMahoningJordanWashingtonBarryEldredUpper MahantongoPottsvilleHeginsUpper MahantongoMahoningCressonaHubleyWashingtonAshlandGratzBarryEldred
1
Pottsville15.1 mi away
7%23
2
Hegins4.3 mi away
6%18
3
Upper Mahantongo6.8 mi away
5%16
4
Mahoning18.4 mi away
3%11
5
Cressona16.7 mi away
3%10
6
Hubley8.1 mi away
3%10
7
Washington19.5 mi away
3%10
8
Ashland9.2 mi away
2%6
9
Gratz13.6 mi away
2%6
10
Barry5.2 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%204

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

How far

How far Eldred commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Eldred is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eldred are

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

Jobs based in Eldred

55 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Eldred residents hold

320 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−31%

Jobs based in Eldred, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 55. 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.

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