Work & commute · Halfmoon

Work & commute in Halfmoon, PA

Most working residents leave Halfmoon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are College (30%), Ferguson (12%) and State College (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,524 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,481 Halfmoon residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halfmoon.

1,481live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halfmoon goes to work

College11.2 mi away

30%452

Ferguson4.7 mi away

12%181

State College8.8 mi away

11%174

Patton6.4 mi away

9%135

Halfmoon (in town)right here

3%43

Benner12.8 mi away

3%41

Altoona27 mi away

1%19

Harris13.1 mi away

1%19

Logan27 mi away

1%18

Bellefonte16.5 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%425

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

How far

How far Halfmoon commutes

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

50%

29%

16%

50%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halfmoon is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halfmoon are

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

Jobs based in Halfmoon

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Halfmoon residents hold

1,524 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+89%

Jobs based in Halfmoon, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 264. 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.