Work & commute · Geistown

Work & commute in Geistown, PA

Most working residents leave Geistown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richland (20%), Johnstown (18%) and Windber (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 998 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 966 Geistown residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geistown.

966live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geistown goes to work

Richland1.7 mi away

20%200

Johnstown3.3 mi away

18%180

Geistown (in town)right here

3%32

Windber4.7 mi away

3%27

Pittsburgh58.9 mi away

2%20

Somerset21.3 mi away

2%20

Lower Yoder6.4 mi away

2%17

Altoona28.9 mi away

2%16

Cambria15.4 mi away

2%15

Adams7.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%456

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

How far

How far Geistown commutes

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

56%

11%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geistown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Geistown are

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

Jobs based in Geistown

749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Geistown residents hold

998 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−19%

Jobs based in Geistown, 2013 → 2023: 927 → 749. 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.