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Work & commute in St. Clair · A commuter town

96% of St. Clair’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave St. Clair for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsburg (25%), North Woodbury (7%) and Taylor (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
4%
1 of 28 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
23 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
18
A commuter town

What kind of work town is St. Clair?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

25% of working residents work in Williamsburg

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Woodbury: 1 residents work here (4%)Williamsburg: 7 residents work here (25%)MartinsburgLemoyneTyrone: 1 residents work here (4%)Hollidaysburg: 1 residents work here (4%)YorkJohnstownHarrisburg: 1 residents work here (4%)Altoona: 1 residents work here (4%)North Woodbury: 2 residents work here (7%)AntisCatharineTaylor: 2 residents work here (7%)College: 2 residents work here (7%)WoodburyPorterFreedom: 2 residents work here (7%)St. ClairWilliamsburgNorth WoodburyTaylorCollegeFreedomWoodburySt. Clair
1
Williamsburg1.6 mi away
25%7
2
North Woodbury13.7 mi away
7%2
3
Taylor13.2 mi away
7%2
4
College31.7 mi away
7%2
5
Freedom14.6 mi away
7%2
6
Woodbury18.9 mi away
4%1
7
Tyrone13.7 mi away
4%1
8
Hollidaysburg9.2 mi away
4%1
9
Harrisburg72.1 mi away
4%1
10
Altoona9.3 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%8
The top trips

Where St. Clair clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

St. Clair quiets down on a workday

On a workday 27 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

27live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night37
Workday27
37live here− 27head out to work+ 17come in to work= 27on a workday

About 27 people are in St. Clair on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.64jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of St. Clair commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWilliamsburg: 25% · 1.6 miNorth Woodbury: 7% · 13.7 miTaylor: 7% · 13.2 miCollege: 7% · 31.7 miFreedom: 7% · 14.6 miWoodbury: 4% · 18.9 miTyrone: 4% · 13.7 miHollidaysburg: 4% · 9.2 miHarrisburg: 4% · 72.1 miAltoona: 4% · 9.3 miWilliamsburg 25%North Woodbury 7%Taylor 7%College 7%Freedom 7%St. Clair
St. ClairTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi12 residents
32%10–24 mi9 residents
14%25–50 mi4 residents
11%Over 50 mi3 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in St. ClairJobs St. Clair residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%29%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices100%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less11%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%46%
Over $3,333 a month22%36%

Who does it

29 or younger11%21%
30 to 5456%46%
55 and older33%32%
−18%

Jobs based in St. Clair, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 18. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
176 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

St. Clair23 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of St. Clair workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10

How St. Clair ranks on commute time →

Next door

St. Clair and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of St. Clair’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

St. Clair23 min
Catharine24 min
Woodbury29 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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