Work & commute · Ferguson

Work & commute in Ferguson, PA

Most working residents leave Ferguson for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are College (35%), State College (11%) and Patton (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

744 of 6,595 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,851 Ferguson residents head out of town to work, 744 work right here, and 6,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferguson.

5,851live here, work elsewhere

744live and work here

6,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferguson goes to work

College8.1 mi away

35%2,320

Ferguson (in town)right here

11%744

State College5.5 mi away

11%739

Patton5.6 mi away

6%370

Benner10.9 mi away

2%108

Bellefonte14.9 mi away

1%74

Harris9 mi away

1%61

Pittsburgh108.7 mi away

1%55

Altoona29.1 mi away

1%54

Spring15.1 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,017

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

How far

How far Ferguson commutes

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

65%

22%

65%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferguson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferguson are

7,294 jobs are based in Ferguson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ferguson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ferguson

7,294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Ferguson residents hold

6,595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Ferguson, 2013 → 2023: 7,012 → 7,294. 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.