Work & commute · Smethport

Work & commute in Smethport, PA

About one in 5 of Smethport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Keating (9%), Bradford (9%) and Port Allegany (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

109 of 525 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 416 Smethport residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smethport.

416live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smethport goes to work

Smethport (in town)right here

21%109

Keating3.2 mi away

9%49

Bradford14.6 mi away

9%48

Port Allegany8.6 mi away

5%24

Bradford14.6 mi away

5%24

Olean, NY19 mi away

3%14

Foster13.8 mi away

2%12

Lewis Run11.6 mi away

2%11

Emporium23.3 mi away

2%10

Lafayette12.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%214

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

How far

How far Smethport commutes

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

38%

34%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smethport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smethport are

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

Jobs based in Smethport

781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Smethport residents hold

525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−13%

Jobs based in Smethport, 2013 → 2023: 895 → 781. 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.