Acosta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Acosta has 3 jobs, and 114 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Acosta for work; outside it, Somerset Township is the main destination (11%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Acosta
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Acosta on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Acosta work
Where Acosta clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Acosta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acosta, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 3. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acosta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Acosta
of Acosta workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Acosta goes to work
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Acosta compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Acosta workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acosta | – | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 32 min | $81,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Acosta’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Acosta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Acosta?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Acosta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Somerset Township (11%, 6 mi), Somerset (11%, 7 mi), Boswell (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Acosta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Acosta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acosta
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.