Work & commute · Upper Yoder

Work & commute in Upper Yoder, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Yoder for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (24%), Richland (13%) and Lower Yoder (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 1,884 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,799 Upper Yoder residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 1,308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Yoder.

1,799live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

1,308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Yoder goes to work

Johnstown4.2 mi away

24%448

Richland7.8 mi away

13%254

Upper Yoder (in town)right here

5%85

Lower Yoder3.2 mi away

3%55

Pittsburgh52.8 mi away

2%40

Windber9.7 mi away

2%36

Conemaugh4.2 mi away

2%35

Westmont2.5 mi away

2%33

Southmont3.1 mi away

2%32

Somerset19.4 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%838

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

How far

How far Upper Yoder commutes

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

57%

11%

21%

57%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Yoder is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Yoder are

1,393 jobs are based in Upper Yoder. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Yoder’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Yoder

1,393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Upper Yoder residents hold

1,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−13%

Jobs based in Upper Yoder, 2013 → 2023: 1,595 → 1,393. 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.