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Work & commute in Southmont, PA

Most working residents leave Southmont for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (24%), Richland (12%) and Lower Yoder (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
34 of 921 working residents
Typical commute
6 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 887 Southmont residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southmont.

887live here, work elsewhere
34live and work here
370work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Southmont goes to work

SouthmontEbensburgIndianaWindberWestmontJohnstownAltoonaJacksonLower YoderPaintRichlandUpper YoderConemaughJohnstownRichlandLower YoderUpper YoderWindberEbensburgIndianaWestmontAltoonaSouthmont
1
Johnstown1.3 mi away
24%221
2
Richland5 mi away
12%115
3
Southmont (in town)right here
4%34
4
Lower Yoder3.2 mi away
3%31
5
Upper Yoder3.1 mi away
3%29
6
Windber7.7 mi away
2%18
7
Ebensburg16.4 mi away
2%16
8
Indiana24.5 mi away
2%16
9
Westmont1.2 mi away
2%16
10
Altoona31.1 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%410

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

How far

How far Southmont commutes

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

58%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Southmont 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 Southmont are

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

Jobs based in Southmont

404 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)99%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Southmont residents hold

921 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−20%

Jobs based in Southmont, 2013 → 2023: 505 → 404. 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.

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