Work & commute · Freedom

Work & commute in Freedom, PA

Most working residents leave Freedom for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (12%), Allegheny (8%) and Greenfield (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,296 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,247 Freedom residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freedom.

1,247live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freedom goes to work

Altoona10.6 mi away

12%150

Allegheny6.4 mi away

8%98

Greenfield4.2 mi away

7%91

North Woodbury9.5 mi away

5%70

Hollidaysburg6 mi away

5%65

Roaring Spring3.9 mi away

4%58

Taylor4.7 mi away

4%52

Logan11.7 mi away

4%51

Freedom (in town)right here

4%49

College46 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%581

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

How far

How far Freedom commutes

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

53%

19%

20%

53%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freedom is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freedom are

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

Jobs based in Freedom

890 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Freedom residents hold

1,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+70%

Jobs based in Freedom, 2013 → 2023: 522 → 890. 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.