Work & commute · Mahaffey

Work & commute in Mahaffey, PA

Most working residents leave Mahaffey for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (9%), Bell (7%) and DuBois (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 115 Mahaffey residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mahaffey.

115live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mahaffey goes to work

Lawrence20.3 mi away

9%10

Bell3.3 mi away

7%8

DuBois17.2 mi away

5%6

Clearfield18.1 mi away

4%5

Montgomery10 mi away

3%4

Young15.4 mi away

3%4

White25.9 mi away

3%4

Scottdale69.9 mi away

3%3

Curwensville13 mi away

3%3

Punxsutawney13.8 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%67

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

How far

How far Mahaffey commutes

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

14%

43%

18%

26%

14%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mahaffey is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mahaffey are

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

Jobs based in Mahaffey

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Mahaffey residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−40%

Jobs based in Mahaffey, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 21. 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.