Most of Atlas commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
8% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%. Employers in Atlas report 70 jobs for 268 working residents. Hardly any stay in Atlas for work; outside it, Mount Carmel Township is the main destination (13%, 1 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Atlas apart on work
Who commutes out of Atlas, and who commutes in
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Atlas on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Atlas’ working residents head each day
Where Atlas clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Atlas
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atlas, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 70. 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 Atlas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Atlas: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atlas workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 8% 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.
Atlas’ commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Atlas and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Atlas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas | – | — | — | 25 min | $51,522 |
| Strong | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Strong: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Atlas’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 Atlas: questions
What is the median household income in Atlas?
$51,522 (±$8,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atlas?
20.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atlas?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atlas work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Carmel Township (13%, 1 mi), Mahoning Township (10%, 15 mi), Mount Carmel (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Atlas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Atlas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atlas
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.