With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Blanchard works elsewhere
There are 57 jobs in Blanchard, against 255 working residents. Hardly any stay in Blanchard for work; outside it, College Township is the main destination (15%, 21 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Blanchard at work: what stands out
Blanchard is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Blanchard, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blanchard has about 400 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Blanchard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Blanchard workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Blanchard: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Blanchard on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
From Blanchard, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blanchard workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 4% 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.
Commuting out of Blanchard: the destinations
Where Blanchard clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
Most jobs in Blanchard are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blanchard, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 57. 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 Blanchard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Blanchard commutes
About 22% 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.
The towns around Blanchard
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blanchard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchard | – | — | — | 40 min | $76,250 |
| Beech Creek | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Eagleville | under 4% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beech Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Eagleville: 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 Blanchard’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 Blanchard: questions
What is the median household income in Blanchard?
$76,250 (±$33,478) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blanchard?
1.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blanchard?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blanchard work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (15%, 21 mi), State College (7%, 23 mi), Benner Township (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blanchard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blanchard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blanchard
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.