Work & commute · Paint

Work & commute in Paint, PA

Most working residents leave Paint for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Richland (14%), Johnstown (9%) and Windber (9%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 386 Paint residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paint.

386live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paint goes to work

Richland3.1 mi away

14%55

Johnstown6.9 mi away

9%36

Windber1.4 mi away

9%35

Paint2.3 mi away

5%20

Conemaugh6.3 mi away

3%12

Paint (in town)right here

3%11

Somerset20.3 mi away

3%10

Bedford22.3 mi away

2%9

Cambria18.3 mi away

2%9

Upper Yoder8.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%191

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.

53%

16%

10%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paint is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Paint are

299 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

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Paint residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+182%

Jobs based in Paint, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 299. 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.