Work & commute · West Taylor

Work & commute in West Taylor, PA

Most working residents leave West Taylor for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (21%), Richland (12%) and East Taylor (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 285 West Taylor residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Taylor.

285live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Taylor goes to work

Johnstown4.1 mi away

21%61

Richland8.3 mi away

12%34

East Taylor3.9 mi away

5%15

Cambria12.5 mi away

3%10

Upper Yoder6.7 mi away

2%7

Pittsburgh54.9 mi away

2%6

Somerset26 mi away

2%6

East Conemaugh3.6 mi away

2%5

Harrisburg108.2 mi away

2%5

Jackson5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%132

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

How far

How far West Taylor commutes

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

51%

16%

12%

20%

51%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Taylor is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Taylor are

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

Jobs based in West Taylor

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs West Taylor residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−22%

Jobs based in West Taylor, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 82. 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.