Work & commute · Reade

Work & commute in Reade, PA

Most working residents leave Reade for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (13%), Antis (5%) and White (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 503 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 481 Reade residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reade.

481live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reade goes to work

Altoona12.4 mi away

13%66

Antis6.2 mi away

5%23

Reade (in town)right here

4%22

White3.9 mi away

4%21

Logan10.7 mi away

4%18

Pittsburgh81.1 mi away

3%14

Cambria19.7 mi away

3%13

Allegheny15.8 mi away

2%11

Hollidaysburg17.7 mi away

2%10

Snyder11.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%295

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

How far

How far Reade commutes

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

18%

38%

10%

34%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reade is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reade are

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

Jobs based in Reade

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less52%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Reade residents hold

503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−55%

Jobs based in Reade, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 81. 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.