Work & commute · Philipsburg

Work & commute in Philipsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Philipsburg for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are College (11%), Rush (9%) and Decatur (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 1,143 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,077 Philipsburg residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 591 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Philipsburg.

1,077live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

591work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Philipsburg goes to work

College21.2 mi away

11%128

Rush4.6 mi away

9%101

Philipsburg (in town)right here

6%66

Decatur5.3 mi away

6%66

Ferguson17.3 mi away

6%64

State College19.7 mi away

5%61

Chester Hill1 mi away

3%40

Bradford10.9 mi away

3%30

Lawrence18.5 mi away

2%28

Bellefonte23.1 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%534

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

How far

How far Philipsburg commutes

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

30%

39%

10%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Philipsburg is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Philipsburg are

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

Jobs based in Philipsburg

657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Philipsburg residents hold

1,143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−10%

Jobs based in Philipsburg, 2013 → 2023: 728 → 657. 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.