Work & commute · Roaring Spring

Work & commute in Roaring Spring, PA

Most working residents leave Roaring Spring for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Altoona (11%), Greenfield (8%) and North Woodbury (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 1,154 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 1,050 Roaring Spring residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 1,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roaring Spring.

1,050live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

1,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roaring Spring goes to work

Altoona12 mi away

11%127

Roaring Spring (in town)right here

9%104

Greenfield6.1 mi away

8%94

North Woodbury5.7 mi away

6%72

Martinsburg4.1 mi away

6%65

Hollidaysburg6.7 mi away

5%63

Allegheny9.2 mi away

5%60

Logan13.5 mi away

4%48

Taylor0.8 mi away

3%29

Bedford20.1 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%465

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

How far

How far Roaring Spring commutes

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

50%

24%

18%

50%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roaring Spring is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Roaring Spring are

1,161 jobs are based in Roaring Spring. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roaring Spring’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roaring Spring

1,161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Roaring Spring residents hold

1,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−42%

Jobs based in Roaring Spring, 2013 → 2023: 1,987 → 1,161. 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.