Work & commute · Jay

Work & commute in Jay, PA

Most working residents leave Jay for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (34%), Fox (7%) and DuBois (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 752 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 696 Jay residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jay.

696live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jay goes to work

St. Marys9.6 mi away

34%257

Jay (in town)right here

7%56

Fox6.9 mi away

7%50

DuBois19.5 mi away

4%29

Sandy17.4 mi away

4%28

Ridgway14.7 mi away

3%22

Benezette8.3 mi away

3%20

Ridgway15.2 mi away

3%19

Pittsburgh98.7 mi away

1%8

Lawrence16.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%255

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

How far

How far Jay commutes

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

29%

43%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jay is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jay are

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

Jobs based in Jay

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Jay residents hold

752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+27%

Jobs based in Jay, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 104. 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.