Work & commute · Fox

Work & commute in Fox, PA

Most working residents leave Fox for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (30%), Ridgway (8%) and Ridgway (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

226 of 1,458 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,232 Fox residents head out of town to work, 226 work right here, and 1,128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox.

1,232live here, work elsewhere

226live and work here

1,128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox goes to work

St. Marys10.7 mi away

30%437

Fox (in town)right here

16%226

Ridgway10.3 mi away

8%115

Ridgway9.7 mi away

4%61

DuBois15.3 mi away

4%52

Snyder11.4 mi away

2%33

Brockway10.3 mi away

2%30

Sandy13.2 mi away

2%28

Johnsonburg12.4 mi away

2%23

Horton5.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%434

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

How far

How far Fox commutes

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

56%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox are

1,354 jobs are based in Fox. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fox’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fox

1,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Fox residents hold

1,458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+6%

Jobs based in Fox, 2013 → 2023: 1,282 → 1,354. 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.