Work & commute · Potter

Work & commute in Potter, PA

Most working residents leave Potter for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are College (23%), State College (8%) and Ferguson (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,453 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,333 Potter residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potter.

1,333live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potter goes to work

College8.1 mi away

23%334

Potter (in town)right here

8%120

State College10.2 mi away

8%112

Ferguson15.2 mi away

6%92

Benner9.3 mi away

3%49

Patton13.6 mi away

3%47

Spring7.4 mi away

3%42

Gregg6.6 mi away

3%40

Bellefonte9.5 mi away

2%36

Penn10.1 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%547

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

How far

How far Potter commutes

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

45%

28%

19%

45%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potter is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potter are

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

Jobs based in Potter

967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Potter residents hold

1,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−15%

Jobs based in Potter, 2013 → 2023: 1,142 → 967. 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.