Most of Dumb Hundred commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 2 jobs in Dumb Hundred, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Dumb Hundred; the top destination outside it is Altoona (14%, 13 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Dumb Hundred
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56 people are in Dumb Hundred on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Dumb Hundred’s working residents head each day
Where Dumb Hundred clocks in
14% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Dumb Hundred
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dumb Hundred, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 2. 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 Dumb Hundred’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dumb Hundred spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dumb Hundred workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 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 Dumb Hundred
About 25% 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 Dumb Hundred: questions
What is the median household income in Dumb Hundred?
$100,536 (±$30,117) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dumb Hundred?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dumb Hundred?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dumb Hundred work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (14%, 13 mi), Hollidaysburg (11%, 8 mi), Greenfield Township (11%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dumb Hundred 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 Dumb Hundred, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dumb Hundred
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.