Work & commute · Paint

Work & commute in Paint, PA

Most working residents leave Paint for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Richland (16%), Windber (10%) and Johnstown (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
78 of 1,227 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,149 Paint residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 591 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paint.

1,149live here, work elsewhere
78live and work here
591work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Paint goes to work

BensonPaintWindberSomersetJohnstownPittsburghOgleShadeCambriaJennerPaintQuemahoningRichlandUpper YoderConemaughAdamsRichlandWindberJohnstownConemaughPaintCambriaSomersetPittsburghUpper YoderPaint
1
Richland5.4 mi away
16%194
2
Windber2.2 mi away
10%121
3
Johnstown9 mi away
9%113
4
Paint (in town)right here
6%78
5
Conemaugh6.7 mi away
2%25
6
Paint2.3 mi away
2%24
7
Cambria20.4 mi away
2%23
8
Somerset18.6 mi away
2%21
9
Pittsburgh61.5 mi away
2%20
10
Upper Yoder9.7 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%589

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

How far

How far Paint commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Paint is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paint are

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

Jobs based in Paint

669 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)28%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Paint residents hold

1,227 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+82%

Jobs based in Paint, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 669. 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.

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