Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Dean Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). 23 jobs are based in Dean Township, and 142 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Dean Township itself; outside it, Altoona draws the most (16%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Dean Township by day
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Dean Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Dean Township work
Where Dean Township clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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 Dean Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dean Township, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 23. 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 Dean Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Dean Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dean Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 132 commuters (the 10% 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 Dean Township
About 19% 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 Dean Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Logan Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dean Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $53,750 |
| Clearfield Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 28 min | $87,813 |
| Gallitzin Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Antis Township | 3% | B− | C | 26 min | $71,889 |
| Logan Township | 4% | B | B− | 20 min | $73,333 |
| Reade Township | under 3% | C | D | 29 min | $75,427 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gallitzin Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dean 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 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 Dean Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dean Township?
$53,750 (±$13,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dean Township?
6.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dean Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dean Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (16%, 7 mi), Allegheny Township (8%, 10 mi), Cresson Township (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dean 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 Dean Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dean Township
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.