Work & commute · Johnstown

Work & commute in Johnstown, PA

About one in 4 of Johnstown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Richland (11%), Pittsburgh (2%) and Upper Yoder (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,398 of 5,847 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,449 Johnstown residents head out of town to work, 1,398 work right here, and 8,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnstown.

4,449live here, work elsewhere

1,398live and work here

8,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnstown goes to work

Johnstown (in town)right here

24%1,398

Richland4.9 mi away

11%656

Pittsburgh56.1 mi away

2%146

Upper Yoder4.2 mi away

2%139

Cambria14.8 mi away

2%133

Lower Yoder3.2 mi away

2%132

Altoona30 mi away

2%105

Geistown3.3 mi away

1%85

Somerset22.3 mi away

1%79

White24.7 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,897

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

How far

How far Johnstown commutes

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

49%

11%

13%

26%

49%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnstown is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnstown are

10,364 jobs are based in Johnstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnstown

10,364 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Johnstown residents hold

5,847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−16%

Jobs based in Johnstown, 2013 → 2023: 12,301 → 10,364. 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.