Work & commute · Karthaus

Work & commute in Karthaus, PA

Most working residents leave Karthaus for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (14%), Clearfield (6%) and Bradford (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 286 Karthaus residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Karthaus.

286live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Karthaus goes to work

Lawrence18.9 mi away

14%40

Clearfield19.8 mi away

6%18

Bradford14.5 mi away

4%13

Patton25.2 mi away

3%10

Karthaus (in town)right here

3%10

College28.3 mi away

3%9

Sandy32.3 mi away

3%8

State College28.7 mi away

2%7

Curwensville25 mi away

2%5

DuBois33.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%171

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

How far

How far Karthaus commutes

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

39%

25%

31%

5%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Karthaus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Karthaus are

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

Jobs based in Karthaus

356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Karthaus residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+85%

Jobs based in Karthaus, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 356. 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.