Work & commute · Limestone

Work & commute in Limestone, PA

Most working residents leave Limestone for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (7%), Brookville (6%) and Clarion (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 734 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 717 Limestone residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limestone.

717live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Limestone goes to work

Monroe6.1 mi away

7%49

Brookville10.8 mi away

6%46

Clarion3.6 mi away

6%45

Clarion6.7 mi away

5%37

Paint9.4 mi away

5%36

Pittsburgh60.3 mi away

3%22

Redbank4.9 mi away

3%21

New Bethlehem9.5 mi away

3%19

Limestone (in town)right here

2%17

South Bethlehem10.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%427

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

How far

How far Limestone commutes

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

36%

20%

15%

29%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Limestone is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Limestone are

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

Jobs based in Limestone

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Limestone residents hold

734 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−19%

Jobs based in Limestone, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 147. 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.