Work & commute · Horton

Work & commute in Horton, PA

Most working residents leave Horton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (29%), Fox (14%) and Ridgway (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
8 of 578 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 570 Horton residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horton.

570live here, work elsewhere
8live and work here
85work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Horton goes to work

EmporiumBrockwayRidgwayJohnsonburgDuBoisSt. MarysSpring CreekWarsawSnyderSandyHustonFoxHortonJayRidgwaySt. MarysFoxRidgwayDuBoisSandyRidgwaySnyderBrockwayJohnsonburgHorton
1
St. Marys14.9 mi away
29%168
2
Fox5.3 mi away
14%83
3
Ridgway10.1 mi away
9%51
4
DuBois12.2 mi away
4%24
5
Sandy10.4 mi away
3%19
6
Ridgway9.4 mi away
3%17
7
Snyder6.2 mi away
3%16
8
Brockway5.2 mi away
3%15
9
Johnsonburg13.7 mi away
1%8
10
Horton (in town)right here
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%169

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

How far

How far Horton commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Horton is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horton are

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

Jobs based in Horton

93 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)57%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Horton residents hold

578 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)43%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−23%

Jobs based in Horton, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 93. 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.

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