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Work & commute in Heilwood · A commuter town

99% of Heilwood’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Heilwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are White Township (11%), Johnstown (6%) and Pine Township (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 118 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
4%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
7
A commuter town
★ What stands out · The commute map

11% of working residents work in White Township

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Indiana: 3 residents work here (3%)Johnstown: 7 residents work here (6%)PlumPittsburgh: 3 residents work here (3%)Pine Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Green TownshipClinton Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Rayne Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Jackson Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Cambria TownshipEast Wheatfield Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Buffington Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Cherryhill TownshipWhite Township: 13 residents work here (11%)HeilwoodWhite TownshipJohnstownPine TownshipJackson TownshipBuffington TownshipIndianaHeilwood
1
White Township11 mi away
11%13
2
Johnstown20.4 mi away
6%7
3
Pine Township1.9 mi away
5%6
4
Jackson Township13.1 mi away
3%4
53%4
6
Indiana12.6 mi away
3%3
7
Pittsburgh57.1 mi away
3%3
8
Clinton Township48.3 mi away
3%3
9
Rayne Township11.2 mi away
3%3
103%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%69
The top trips

Where Heilwood clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
251 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Heilwood33 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Heilwood workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Heilwood quiets down on a workday

On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

117live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night240
Workday130
240live here− 120head out to work+ 6come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Heilwood on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Heilwood commutes less than 21 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miWhite Township: 11% · 11 miJohnstown: 6% · 20.4 miPine Township: 5% · 1.9 miJackson Township: 3% · 13.1 miBuffington Township: 3% · 7.8 miIndiana: 3% · 12.6 miPittsburgh: 3% · 57.1 miClinton Township: 3% · 48.3 miRayne Township: 3% · 11.2 miEast Wheatfield Township: 3% · 13.2 miWhite Township 11%Johnstown 6%Pine Township 5%Jackson Township 3%Buffington Township 3%Heilwood
HeilwoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi18 residents
40%10–24 mi47 residents
18%25–50 mi21 residents
26%Over 50 mi31 residents

About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in HeilwoodJobs Heilwood residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices100%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month86%26%
Over $3,333 a month0%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%16%
30 to 5414%58%
55 and older86%25%
−71%

Jobs based in Heilwood, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 7. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Heilwood and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Heilwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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