Work & commute · Windber

Work & commute in Windber, PA

Most working residents leave Windber for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Richland (17%), Johnstown (9%) and Paint (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

213 of 1,604 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,391 Windber residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 1,182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windber.

1,391live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

1,182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windber goes to work

Richland3.6 mi away

17%267

Windber (in town)right here

13%213

Johnstown8 mi away

9%145

Paint2.2 mi away

4%62

Cambria18.3 mi away

2%31

Pittsburgh62.2 mi away

2%29

Adams5.7 mi away

2%26

Paint1.4 mi away

2%25

Somerset20.8 mi away

1%24

Lower Yoder10.9 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%760

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

How far

How far Windber commutes

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

55%

12%

11%

22%

55%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windber is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Windber are

1,395 jobs are based in Windber. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windber’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Windber

1,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Windber residents hold

1,604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−11%

Jobs based in Windber, 2013 → 2023: 1,573 → 1,395. 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.