Work & commute · Logan

Work & commute in Logan, PA

Most working residents leave Logan for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (28%), Allegheny (7%) and Hollidaysburg (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

543 of 4,914 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,371 Logan residents head out of town to work, 543 work right here, and 6,629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Logan.

4,371live here, work elsewhere

543live and work here

6,629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Logan goes to work

Altoona1.9 mi away

28%1,366

Logan (in town)right here

11%543

Allegheny5.9 mi away

7%320

Hollidaysburg7 mi away

3%152

Antis8.4 mi away

3%137

Greenfield15.6 mi away

2%103

College37.5 mi away

2%98

Blair8.7 mi away

2%89

Pittsburgh81.7 mi away

2%78

Snyder15.2 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,962

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

How far

How far Logan commutes

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

55%

13%

11%

22%

55%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Logan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Logan are

7,172 jobs are based in Logan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Logan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Logan

7,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Logan residents hold

4,914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Logan, 2013 → 2023: 6,965 → 7,172. 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.