Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Brisbin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Brisbin has 10 jobs, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Brisbin for work; outside it, State College is the main destination (8%, 26 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Brisbin by day
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Brisbin on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Brisbin work
Where Brisbin clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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 Brisbin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brisbin, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 10. 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 Brisbin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Brisbin: about 41 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brisbin workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 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.
The commute from Brisbin, by distance
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.
Brisbin and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Woodward Township (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brisbin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbin | – | — | — | 41 min | $57,857 |
| Woodward Township | 5% | C− | C | 31 min | $61,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brisbin’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 Brisbin: questions
What is the median household income in Brisbin?
$57,857 (±$9,032) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brisbin?
18.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brisbin?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brisbin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are State College (8%, 26 mi), Rush Township (7%, 9 mi), Altoona (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brisbin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brisbin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brisbin
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.