Work & commute · Foster Brook

Work & commute in Foster Brook, PA

Most working residents leave Foster Brook for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bradford (29%), Bradford (13%) and Foster (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 465 Foster Brook residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foster Brook.

465live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foster Brook goes to work

Bradford2.5 mi away

29%145

Bradford6.4 mi away

13%63

Foster1.7 mi away

9%46

Olean, NY11 mi away

4%20

Lewis Run8.4 mi away

3%15

Smethport14.6 mi away

2%10

Warren29.5 mi away

2%9

Lafayette12.7 mi away

1%7

Salamanca, NY13.9 mi away

1%5

Pittsburgh128.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%170

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

How far

How far Foster Brook commutes

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

56%

15%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foster Brook is a job hub

1.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Foster Brook are

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

Jobs based in Foster Brook

866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Foster Brook residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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Jobs based in Foster Brook, 2013 → 2023: 869 → 866. 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.