Cedar Crest has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
22 jobs are based in Cedar Crest, against 64 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cedar Crest for work; outside it, Mount Union is the main destination (9%, 1 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Cedar Crest by day
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Cedar Crest on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Cedar Crest work
Where Cedar Crest clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
Cedar Crest is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Crest, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 22. 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 Cedar Crest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Cedar Crest spends getting to work: about 46 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Crest workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 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 it is to work from Cedar Crest
About 28% 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.
How Cedar Crest compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Crest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Crest | – | — | — | 46 min | $27,321 |
| Brady Township | under 4% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $73,393 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Crest’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 Cedar Crest: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Crest?
$27,321 (±$4,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Crest?
70.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Crest?
46 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Crest work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Union (9%, 1 mi), Shirley Township (9%, 4 mi), Wayne Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Crest 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 Cedar Crest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Crest
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.