Work & commute · Patton

Work & commute in Patton, PA

Most working residents leave Patton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are College (32%), State College (12%) and Ferguson (10%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

376 of 4,976 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,600 Patton residents head out of town to work, 376 work right here, and 5,220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patton.

4,600live here, work elsewhere

376live and work here

5,220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patton goes to work

College5.5 mi away

32%1,600

State College4.1 mi away

12%580

Ferguson5.6 mi away

10%477

Patton (in town)right here

8%376

Benner6.4 mi away

2%106

Bellefonte10.2 mi away

1%62

Altoona33.3 mi away

1%46

Harris8.7 mi away

1%45

Pittsburgh110.9 mi away

1%35

Logan33.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,615

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

How far

How far Patton commutes

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

65%

24%

65%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Patton are

5,596 jobs are based in Patton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Patton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Patton

5,596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Patton residents hold

4,976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+14%

Jobs based in Patton, 2013 → 2023: 4,911 → 5,596. 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.