Most of Davidsville commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. There are 203 jobs in Davidsville; 439 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Davidsville itself; outside it, Richland Township draws the most (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Davidsville: the figures worth knowing
From Davidsville, about 13 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davidsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 265 commuters (the 5% 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.
Davidsville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 427 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Davidsville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Davidsville’s working residents head each day
Where Davidsville clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Davidsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davidsville, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 203. 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 Davidsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Davidsville
About 20% 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.
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 Davidsville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Davidsville?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davidsville?
13 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davidsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Township (13%, 6 mi), Johnstown (11%, 6 mi), Conemaugh Township (11%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Davidsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 25% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davidsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davidsville
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.