Work & commute · Shippen

Work & commute in Shippen, PA

Most working residents leave Shippen for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Emporium (27%), St. Marys (10%) and DuBois (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

101 of 742 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 641 Shippen residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shippen.

641live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shippen goes to work

Emporium4.7 mi away

27%201

Shippen (in town)right here

14%101

St. Marys10.6 mi away

10%73

DuBois34.4 mi away

2%13

Coudersport24.8 mi away

2%12

Bradford35.8 mi away

1%11

Eulalia22.3 mi away

1%11

Fox19.8 mi away

1%10

Warren48.5 mi away

1%9

Smethport22.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%293

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

How far

How far Shippen commutes

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

42%

21%

12%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shippen is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shippen are

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

Jobs based in Shippen

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Shippen residents hold

742 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−61%

Jobs based in Shippen, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 329. 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.