Work & commute · Walker

Work & commute in Walker, PA

Most working residents leave Walker for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Delaware (8%), Fermanagh (6%) and Fayette (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

141 of 1,104 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 963 Walker residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 1,369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walker.

963live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

1,369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walker goes to work

Walker (in town)right here

13%141

Delaware4.7 mi away

8%90

Fermanagh5.8 mi away

6%69

Fayette6.4 mi away

6%65

Harrisburg29.7 mi away

5%54

Susquehanna28.6 mi away

3%33

Hampden27 mi away

2%22

Mifflintown4.7 mi away

2%21

Lewistown14.1 mi away

2%20

Derry12.9 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%570

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%

16%

28%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walker is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walker are

1,510 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

1,510 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Walker residents hold

1,104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Walker, 2013 → 2023: 1,598 → 1,510. 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.