Work & commute · Emporium

Work & commute in Emporium, PA

About one in 3 of Emporium’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (12%), Shippen (10%) and Warren (1%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

259 of 707 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 448 Emporium residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emporium.

448live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emporium goes to work

Emporium (in town)right here

37%259

St. Marys15.3 mi away

12%87

Shippen4.7 mi away

10%70

Warren52.3 mi away

1%8

Coudersport21.5 mi away

1%8

Eulalia19.2 mi away

1%7

Ridgway26.1 mi away

1%7

Fox23.9 mi away

1%6

Port Allegany21.2 mi away

1%5

Ridgway26.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%245

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

How far

How far Emporium commutes

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

47%

18%

10%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emporium is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Emporium are

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

Jobs based in Emporium

979 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Emporium residents hold

707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+5%

Jobs based in Emporium, 2013 → 2023: 936 → 979. 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.