Photo: Publichall · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Ebensburg have lower incomes than those in 77% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Ebensburg for work; outside it, Cambria Township is the main destination (13%, 1 miles). 9.5% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Ebensburg are C for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ebensburg at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Ebensburg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ebensburg fell from 2,666 in 2014 to 1,913 in 2024, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Ebensburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 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.
Income, poverty and work: Ebensburg’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ebensburg is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #832 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Ebensburg’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($58,179, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ebensburg could be anywhere from D to A−.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Ebensburg
1,913 jobs are based in Ebensburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ebensburg, 2014 → 2024: 2,666 → 1,913. 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 Ebensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ebensburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,180 commuters (the 18% 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 a workday changes Ebensburg
On a workday 1,258 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 1,758 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Ebensburg on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
Commuting out of Ebensburg: the destinations
Where Ebensburg clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Ebensburg works
About 21% 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.
In Ebensburg, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ebensburg is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #258 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Ebensburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,433 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.6% of Ebensburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ebensburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Ebensburg ranks 2,927th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,925 | Pequot Lakes MN | 2,483 | $64K | 6.6% | 10.4% | 13% | C |
| 2,926 | Lawnside NJ | 3,340 | $72K | 20.4% | 11.5% | 7% | C |
| 2,927 | Ebensburg PA | 3,228 | $58K | 9.5% | 5.3% | 11% | C |
| 2,928 | Prospect Township KS | 2,548 | $59K | 10.5% | 2.2% | 3% | C |
| 2,929 | Au Sable NY | 3,124 | $95K | 12.0% | 5.4% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ebensburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Ebensburg: questions
What is the median household income in Ebensburg?
$58,179 (±$10,831) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ebensburg?
9.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ebensburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ebensburg work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambria Township (13%, 1 mi), Johnstown (5%, 15 mi), Richland Township (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Ebensburg walkable?
Ebensburg is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ebensburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ebensburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ebensburg
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.