Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs and the daily commute in Chest Township
Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. About one in ten work in Chest Township itself; outside it, Northern Cambria draws the most (5%, 11 miles). Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Chest Township
On a workday 178 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 135 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 (0.78 per resident).
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 towns that employ Chest Township’s residents
Where Chest Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Chest Township
151 jobs are based in Chest Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chest Township, 2014 → 2024: 75 → 151. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chest Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chest Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 179 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.
How far it is to work from Chest Township
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.
Around Chest Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chest Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chest Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $44,896 |
| Westover | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| New Washington | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Newburg | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Jordan Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Beccaria Township | under 3% | C− | D | 37 min | $59,896 |
| Ferguson Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Burnside Township | 5% | C | C− | 36 min | $70,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Westover, New Washington, Newburg, Jordan Township and Ferguson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Burnside Township. Darker towns draw more of Chest 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 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 Chest Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chest Township?
$44,896 (±$17,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chest Township?
23.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chest Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chest Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northern Cambria (5%, 11 mi), Burnside Township (5%, 6 mi), Bell Township (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Chest Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chest Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chest Township
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.