Work & commute · Snyder

Work & commute in Snyder, PA

Most working residents leave Snyder for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Tyrone (9%), Altoona (9%) and Antis (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

186 of 1,171 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 985 Snyder residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 1,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snyder.

985live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

1,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snyder goes to work

Snyder (in town)right here

16%186

Tyrone2 mi away

9%109

Altoona15.7 mi away

9%102

Antis7.3 mi away

5%64

Logan15.2 mi away

5%63

College23.9 mi away

3%34

Pittsburgh92.4 mi away

2%21

Allegheny21.1 mi away

2%21

Ferguson16.3 mi away

2%20

Hollidaysburg20.4 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%533

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

How far

How far Snyder commutes

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

33%

31%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snyder is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Snyder are

1,491 jobs are based in Snyder. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Snyder’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Snyder

1,491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Snyder residents hold

1,171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Snyder, 2013 → 2023: 1,402 → 1,491. 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.