Work & commute · Porter

Work & commute in Porter, PA

Most working residents leave Porter for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Union (6%), Washington (4%) and Tremont (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 810 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 758 Porter residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Porter.

758live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Porter goes to work

Porter (in town)right here

6%52

Union10.8 mi away

6%50

Washington15.8 mi away

4%30

Tremont4.1 mi away

3%22

Pine Grove7.1 mi away

3%21

Tower City2.4 mi away

2%20

Pine Grove7.8 mi away

2%17

East Hanover14.6 mi away

2%17

Gratz10.5 mi away

2%15

Pottsville16.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%551

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

How far

How far Porter commutes

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

29%

33%

18%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Porter is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Porter are

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

Jobs based in Porter

401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Porter residents hold

810 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+1%

Jobs based in Porter, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 401. 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.