Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Dale commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Dale has 66 jobs for 293 working residents. Only 2% stay in Dale for work; outside it, Johnstown is the main destination (15%, 1 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dale
Dale and Johnstown trade workers both ways
Johnstown is the top workplace for Dale residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Dale come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dale is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Dale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Dale are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Dale’s working residents head each day
Where Dale clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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.
Dale quiets down on a workday
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Dale on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Time on the road from Dale: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 438 commuters (the 13% 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.
Dale makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dale, 2014 → 2024: 71 → 66. 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 Dale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Dale commutes less than 14 miles
About 29% 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 Dale: questions
What is the median household income in Dale?
$37,813 (±$10,013) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dale?
31.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dale?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (15%, 1 mi), Richland Township (15%, 4 mi), Pittsburgh (4%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dale without a car?
12% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dale
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.