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Work & commute in Penn, PA

Most working residents leave Penn for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are College (16%), State College (6%) and Millheim (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
35 of 434 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 399 Penn residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penn.

399live here, work elsewhere
35live and work here
315work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Penn goes to work

Centre HallMillheimState CollegeMilesCollegePattonSpringWalkerHainesFergusonGreggPotterPennCollegeState CollegeMillheimFergusonPotterMilesHainesGreggPattonPenn
1
College17.5 mi away
16%69
2
Penn (in town)right here
8%35
3
State College19.9 mi away
6%28
4
Millheim2.2 mi away
5%22
5
Ferguson25.1 mi away
5%20
6
Potter10.1 mi away
4%18
7
Miles9.4 mi away
3%15
8
Haines6.6 mi away
3%15
9
Gregg4.2 mi away
3%15
10
Patton22.8 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%188

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

How far

How far Penn 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
45%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Penn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Penn are

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

Jobs based in Penn

350 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Penn residents hold

434 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+25%

Jobs based in Penn, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 350. 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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