Work & commute · Huntingdon

Work & commute in Huntingdon, PA

About one in 4 of Huntingdon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Smithfield (10%), Altoona (3%) and Porter (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

530 of 2,312 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,782 Huntingdon residents head out of town to work, 530 work right here, and 2,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntingdon.

1,782live here, work elsewhere

530live and work here

2,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntingdon goes to work

Huntingdon (in town)right here

23%530

Smithfield1.9 mi away

10%235

Altoona20.6 mi away

3%62

Porter5.8 mi away

2%56

Ferguson17.4 mi away

2%52

College24 mi away

2%45

Shirley13.8 mi away

2%43

Pittsburgh103.4 mi away

2%39

Mount Union10.3 mi away

2%35

Allegheny24.7 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,186

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

How far

How far Huntingdon commutes

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

40%

23%

10%

27%

40%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntingdon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntingdon are

2,551 jobs are based in Huntingdon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huntingdon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huntingdon

2,551 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Huntingdon residents hold

2,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−27%

Jobs based in Huntingdon, 2013 → 2023: 3,476 → 2,551. 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.