Work & commute · Huston

Work & commute in Huston, PA

Most working residents leave Huston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are College (20%), State College (9%) and Patton (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 510 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 507 Huston residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huston.

507live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huston goes to work

College9.1 mi away

20%101

State College8.2 mi away

9%48

Patton4.2 mi away

7%34

Ferguson8.8 mi away

6%31

Benner8.4 mi away

5%26

Spring12.9 mi away

4%20

Bellefonte11.3 mi away

3%17

Boggs13.1 mi away

3%17

Port Matilda6.2 mi away

2%12

Snyder18.2 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%192

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

How far

How far Huston commutes

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

50%

23%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huston is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huston are

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

Jobs based in Huston

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Huston residents hold

510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+59%

Jobs based in Huston, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 105. 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.