Work & commute · Spruce Creek

Work & commute in Spruce Creek, PA

Most working residents leave Spruce Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Snyder (8%), Ferguson (8%) and Patton (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 64 Spruce Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spruce Creek.

64live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spruce Creek goes to work

Snyder7.8 mi away

8%5

Ferguson13.1 mi away

8%5

Patton17.7 mi away

6%4

Tyrone6.4 mi away

5%3

Antis11.5 mi away

5%3

Birmingham3.1 mi away

3%2

Huntingdon11.4 mi away

3%2

Altoona16 mi away

3%2

Porter6.5 mi away

3%2

Jackson17.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%34

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

How far

How far Spruce Creek commutes

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

27%

44%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spruce Creek is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spruce Creek are

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

Jobs based in Spruce Creek

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Spruce Creek residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+61%

Jobs based in Spruce Creek, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 114. 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.