Work & commute · Munster

Work & commute in Munster, PA

Most working residents leave Munster for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (12%), Cambria (6%) and Allegheny (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 295 Munster residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Munster.

295live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Munster goes to work

Altoona13.4 mi away

12%36

Cambria5.7 mi away

6%18

Munster (in town)right here

5%16

Allegheny9 mi away

5%15

Cresson3.2 mi away

5%14

Cresson3.4 mi away

5%14

Richland15.7 mi away

4%11

Johnstown17 mi away

3%8

Pittsburgh69.9 mi away

3%8

Logan12.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%165

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

How far

How far Munster commutes

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

32%

40%

11%

17%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Munster is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Munster are

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

Jobs based in Munster

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Munster residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+74%

Jobs based in Munster, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 249. 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.