Work & commute · German

Work & commute in German, PA

Most working residents leave German for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are South Union (7%), North Union (6%) and Uniontown (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 1,700 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,591 German residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 856 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in German.

1,591live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

856work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where German goes to work

South Union7.8 mi away

7%125

German (in town)right here

6%109

North Union10.1 mi away

6%105

Uniontown7.7 mi away

6%101

Georges4.5 mi away

6%96

Morgantown, WV17.3 mi away

5%86

Pittsburgh39.1 mi away

3%59

Franklin16.9 mi away

2%39

Cumberland6.7 mi away

2%35

Menallen6.4 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%911

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

How far

How far German commutes

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

38%

25%

23%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

German is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in German are

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

Jobs based in German

965 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs German residents hold

1,700 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+70%

Jobs based in German, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 965. 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.