Work & commute · Jones

Work & commute in Jones, PA

Most working residents leave Jones for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are St. Marys (18%), Johnsonburg (12%) and Ridgway (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
62 of 682 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 620 Jones residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jones.

620live here, work elsewhere
62live and work here
184work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Jones goes to work

KaneRidgwayJohnsonburgBradfordSt. MarysBradfordWetmoreSandySergeantShippenHamiltonFoxHighlandJonesRidgwaySt. MarysJohnsonburgRidgwayKaneRidgwaySandyBradfordBradfordFoxJones
1
St. Marys10.4 mi away
18%125
2
Johnsonburg6.8 mi away
12%81
3
Ridgway11 mi away
10%66
4
Jones (in town)right here
9%62
5
Kane10.8 mi away
5%33
6
Ridgway11.6 mi away
3%22
7
Sandy30.6 mi away
3%19
8
Bradford23.3 mi away
3%18
9
Bradford26.2 mi away
1%10
10
Fox18.3 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%236

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

How far

How far Jones commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Jones is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jones are

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

Jobs based in Jones

246 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)60%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)17%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Jones residents hold

682 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)40%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+130%

Jobs based in Jones, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 246. 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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