TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
PattonGood evening
Work & commute · Patton

Work & commute in Patton, PA

Most working residents leave Patton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (12%), Cambria (4%) and Elder (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
29 of 593 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 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 564 Patton residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patton.

564live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
277work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Patton goes to work

HastingsPattonHollidaysburgNorthern CambriaJohnstownAltoonaPittsburghClearfieldLoganElderAlleghenyCambriaChestEast CarrollWest CarrollBarrAltoonaCambriaElderHastingsPittsburghLoganJohnstownAlleghenyHollidaysburgPatton
1
Altoona15.6 mi away
12%73
2
Patton (in town)right here
5%29
3
Cambria10.8 mi away
4%26
4
Elder3.5 mi away
4%25
5
Hastings3.8 mi away
3%16
6
Pittsburgh70.9 mi away
3%16
7
Logan13.8 mi away
3%16
8
Johnstown25.5 mi away
3%15
9
Allegheny15.4 mi away
3%15
10
Hollidaysburg19.4 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%348

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.

26%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Patton is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Patton are

306 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

306 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less48%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Patton residents hold

593 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−4%

Jobs based in Patton, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 306. 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.

The porch light’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Patton, PAView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Patton is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map