Work & commute · Lower Yoder

Work & commute in Lower Yoder, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Yoder for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (27%), Richland (11%) and Upper Yoder (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 926 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 882 Lower Yoder residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 1,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Yoder.

882live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

1,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Yoder goes to work

Johnstown3.2 mi away

27%252

Richland8.1 mi away

11%102

Lower Yoder (in town)right here

5%44

Upper Yoder3.2 mi away

3%26

Pittsburgh53 mi away

2%19

Cambria16.1 mi away

2%19

Westmont2 mi away

2%14

Windber10.9 mi away

1%13

Southmont3.2 mi away

1%12

Conemaugh7.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%414

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

How far

How far Lower Yoder commutes

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

57%

13%

21%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Yoder is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Yoder are

1,046 jobs are based in Lower Yoder. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Yoder’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Yoder

1,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lower Yoder residents hold

926 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+3%

Jobs based in Lower Yoder, 2013 → 2023: 1,011 → 1,046. 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.