Work & commute · Rockwood

Work & commute in Rockwood, PA

Most working residents leave Rockwood for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Somerset (18%), Somerset (15%) and Altoona (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 359 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 332 Rockwood residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockwood.

332live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockwood goes to work

Somerset7.5 mi away

18%64

Somerset8.9 mi away

15%55

Rockwood (in town)right here

8%27

Altoona57.2 mi away

2%8

Middlecreek7.1 mi away

2%8

Seven Springs10.5 mi away

2%7

Richland30.5 mi away

2%7

Milford2.9 mi away

2%6

Black1.9 mi away

2%6

Jenner18.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%165

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

How far

How far Rockwood commutes

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

46%

13%

17%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockwood are

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

Jobs based in Rockwood

422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Rockwood residents hold

359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−28%

Jobs based in Rockwood, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 422. 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.