Work & commute · Elk

Work & commute in Elk, PA

Most working residents leave Elk for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Paint (12%), Clarion (8%) and Knox (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 552 Elk residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk.

552live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk goes to work

Paint4.9 mi away

12%68

Clarion7.3 mi away

8%44

Knox4 mi away

4%25

Cranberry12.3 mi away

4%24

Monroe10.7 mi away

4%24

Clarion11.4 mi away

4%21

Pittsburgh63.2 mi away

3%18

Beaver5.6 mi away

3%18

Brookville22.5 mi away

2%12

Jenks24.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%296

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

How far

How far Elk commutes

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

39%

24%

11%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk are

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

Jobs based in Elk

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Elk residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−6%

Jobs based in Elk, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 187. 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.