Work & commute · Westmont

Work & commute in Westmont, PA

Most working residents leave Westmont for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Johnstown (24%), Richland (12%) and Upper Yoder (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 1,974 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,902 Westmont residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 368 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westmont.

1,902live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

368work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westmont goes to work

Johnstown1.8 mi away

24%472

Richland6.2 mi away

12%232

Upper Yoder2.5 mi away

4%75

Westmont (in town)right here

4%72

Lower Yoder2 mi away

3%55

Pittsburgh54.5 mi away

2%48

Southmont1.2 mi away

2%36

Cambria16.3 mi away

2%34

Altoona31.8 mi away

1%25

Adams11.7 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%902

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

How far

How far Westmont commutes

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

54%

13%

11%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westmont is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westmont are

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

Jobs based in Westmont

440 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Westmont residents hold

1,974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−11%

Jobs based in Westmont, 2013 → 2023: 492 → 440. 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.