Photo: Calzarette at en.wikipedia · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Blair Township (0.4%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Blair Township; the top destination outside it is Altoona (19%, 7 miles). Blair Township grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Blair Township
Blair Township trades workers with the towns around it
Blair Township has about as many jobs (1,876) as working residents (2,057), but they are mostly different people: 1,971 residents leave for work each day while 1,790 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Blair Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Blair Township and Altoona trade workers both ways
Altoona is the top workplace for Blair Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Blair Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Blair Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Blair Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blair Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #262 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blair Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Blair Township
On a workday 1,971 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 1,790 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
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 Blair Township goes to work
Where Blair Township clocks in
19% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blair Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,287 commuters (the 7% 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.
What the 1,876 jobs in Blair Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blair Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,985 → 1,876. 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 Blair Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Blair Township commutes
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.
For most of Blair Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blair Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns, #555 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Blair Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,471 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Blair Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Blair Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
678th of 3,798: where Blair Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 676 | Marion Township IL | 3,866 | $105K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 677 | Bazetta Township OH | 5,841 | $81K | 5.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A− |
| 678 | Blair Township PA | 4,695 | $85K | 5.8% | 0.4% | 4% | A− |
| 679 | Elk Township NJ | 4,520 | $141K | 3.9% | 6.3% | 5% | A− |
| 680 | High Ridge MO | 3,714 | $71K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Blair Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Blair Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to Allegheny Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blair Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Township | – | A− | B− | 20 min | $85,227 |
| Frankstown Township | 2% | A− | D | 20 min | $97,714 |
| Hollidaysburg | 7% | B+ | A | 16 min | $69,458 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 19 min | $78,950 |
| Loop | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Allegheny Township | 9% | C+ | C+ | 20 min | $58,375 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $75,096 |
| Duncansville | under 2% | C | B | 16 min | $55,469 |
Same-state neighbors only. Loop: 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 Blair Township’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 Blair Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blair Township?
$85,227 (±$12,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blair Township?
5.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blair Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blair Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (19%, 7 mi), Allegheny Township (9%, 5 mi), Hollidaysburg (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Blair Township walkable?
Blair Township is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blair Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blair Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blair Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.