Work & commute · Young

Work & commute in Young, PA

Most working residents leave Young for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Punxsutawney (24%), DuBois (4%) and Brookville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

82 of 675 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 593 Young residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Young.

593live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Young goes to work

Punxsutawney1.7 mi away

24%162

Young (in town)right here

12%82

DuBois16.9 mi away

4%29

Brookville14.6 mi away

3%19

White22.6 mi away

3%19

Bell3.9 mi away

2%16

Sandy19.1 mi away

2%16

Altoona44.2 mi away

1%10

Lawrence29.5 mi away

1%10

Reynoldsville10.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%303

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

How far

How far Young commutes

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

44%

20%

17%

19%

44%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Young is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Young are

1,316 jobs are based in Young. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Young’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Young

1,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Young residents hold

675 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−16%

Jobs based in Young, 2013 → 2023: 1,571 → 1,316. 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.