Work & commute · Port Matilda

Work & commute in Port Matilda, PA

Most working residents leave Port Matilda for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are College (19%), Patton (8%) and State College (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 243 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 232 Port Matilda residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Matilda.

232live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Matilda goes to work

College12.3 mi away

19%46

Patton7 mi away

8%19

State College10.3 mi away

7%16

Ferguson6.9 mi away

5%13

Bellefonte16.8 mi away

5%12

Port Matilda (in town)right here

5%11

Benner13.3 mi away

5%11

Spring18 mi away

3%8

Altoona27.2 mi away

2%6

Boggs19.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%95

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

How far

How far Port Matilda commutes

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

21%

48%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Matilda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Matilda are

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

Jobs based in Port Matilda

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Port Matilda residents hold

243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+31%

Jobs based in Port Matilda, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 202. 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.