Work & commute · Frankstown

Work & commute in Frankstown, PA

Most working residents leave Frankstown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (21%), Hollidaysburg (10%) and Allegheny (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

123 of 2,944 working residents

Typical commute

7 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 2,821 Frankstown residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frankstown.

2,821live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frankstown goes to work

Altoona6.3 mi away

21%616

Hollidaysburg4.9 mi away

10%280

Allegheny9 mi away

9%269

Logan8.2 mi away

7%207

Frankstown (in town)right here

4%123

Blair5.9 mi away

3%84

College35.7 mi away

2%68

Antis13.2 mi away

2%55

Greenfield14.5 mi away

2%49

Pittsburgh87.9 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,157

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

How far

How far Frankstown commutes

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

58%

11%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frankstown is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frankstown are

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

Jobs based in Frankstown

771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Frankstown residents hold

2,944 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−37%

Jobs based in Frankstown, 2013 → 2023: 1,223 → 771. 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.