Work & commute · Wells

Work & commute in Wells, PA

Most working residents leave Wells for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ayr (15%), Taylor (8%) and Todd (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 192 Wells residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells.

192live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells goes to work

Ayr16.3 mi away

15%29

Taylor4.6 mi away

8%16

Todd12.6 mi away

4%8

Chambersburg27.9 mi away

4%7

College52.8 mi away

3%5

McConnellsburg13.4 mi away

2%4

Somerset50 mi away

2%4

Licking Creek8.4 mi away

2%4

Bedford19.4 mi away

2%4

Bethel22.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%107

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

How far

How far Wells commutes

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

14%

33%

25%

28%

14%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wells are

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

Jobs based in Wells

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less86%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Wells residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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.