Work & commute · Walker

Work & commute in Walker, PA

Most working residents leave Walker for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Huntingdon (15%), Smithfield (10%) and Altoona (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 870 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 845 Walker residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walker.

845live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walker goes to work

Huntingdon6 mi away

15%133

Smithfield4.5 mi away

10%84

Altoona15.2 mi away

3%28

Porter5 mi away

3%26

Penn6.1 mi away

3%26

Walker (in town)right here

3%25

Ferguson21.1 mi away

3%25

Shirley16.9 mi away

3%22

Allegheny18.9 mi away

2%17

Patton26.6 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%472

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

How far

How far Walker commutes

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

38%

24%

16%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walker is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walker are

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

Jobs based in Walker

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Walker residents hold

870 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Walker, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 280. 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.