Work & commute · Mount Union

Work & commute in Mount Union, PA

Most working residents leave Mount Union for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Shirley (9%), Huntingdon (7%) and Smithfield (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

124 of 937 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 813 Mount Union residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Union.

813live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Union goes to work

Mount Union (in town)right here

13%124

Shirley3.5 mi away

9%87

Huntingdon10.3 mi away

7%62

Smithfield10.1 mi away

6%58

Altoona28.6 mi away

2%23

Derry25 mi away

2%23

Ayr36.5 mi away

2%22

Henderson8.1 mi away

2%20

Granville19.4 mi away

2%18

Cromwell9.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%484

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

How far

How far Mount Union commutes

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

34%

20%

26%

34%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Union is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Union are

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

Jobs based in Mount Union

630 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Mount Union residents hold

937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−50%

Jobs based in Mount Union, 2013 → 2023: 1,272 → 630. 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.