Work & commute · Orbisonia

Work & commute in Orbisonia, PA

Most working residents leave Orbisonia for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cromwell (12%), Shirley (7%) and Ayr (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 169 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Orbisonia residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orbisonia.

164live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orbisonia goes to work

Cromwell0.8 mi away

12%20

Shirley7.6 mi away

7%11

Ayr26.9 mi away

6%10

Orbisonia (in town)right here

3%5

Chambersburg24.9 mi away

3%5

Mount Union9.8 mi away

2%4

Altoona32.4 mi away

2%4

Bedford34.7 mi away

2%4

McConnellsburg22.2 mi away

2%3

Pittsburgh110.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%100

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

How far

How far Orbisonia commutes

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

30%

23%

22%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orbisonia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Orbisonia are

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

Jobs based in Orbisonia

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Orbisonia residents hold

169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−47%

Jobs based in Orbisonia, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 168. 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.