Work & commute · Milesburg

Work & commute in Milesburg, PA

Most working residents leave Milesburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are College (20%), Boggs (15%) and State College (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 409 Milesburg residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milesburg.

409live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milesburg goes to work

College9 mi away

20%80

Boggs3.8 mi away

15%62

State College11 mi away

7%29

Bellefonte2.3 mi away

7%27

Benner5.2 mi away

6%24

Ferguson15.8 mi away

5%21

Spring4.5 mi away

5%20

Patton10.6 mi away

3%12

Potter11.8 mi away

1%5

Port Matilda16.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%126

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

How far

How far Milesburg commutes

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

52%

26%

18%

52%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milesburg 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 Milesburg are

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

Jobs based in Milesburg

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Milesburg residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−44%

Jobs based in Milesburg, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 83. 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.