With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Blue Knob works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. There are 7 jobs in Blue Knob; 26 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Blue Knob for work; outside it, Logan Township is the main destination (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Blue Knob, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10 people are in Blue Knob on a workday afternoon, 66% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Blue Knob commutes to
Where Blue Knob clocks in
Lines 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.
Blue Knob makes things: 86% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Knob’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blue Knob
of Blue Knob workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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 Blue Knob’s workers travel
About 27% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Blue Knob: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Knob?
$68,472 (±$8,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Knob?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blue Knob work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan Township (12%, 14 mi), Allegheny Township (12%, 8 mi), Hollidaysburg (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Blue Knob without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue Knob, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Knob
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.