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Jobs & commute in Gray

Gray at work: jobs, income and the commute

0% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Hardly any stay in Gray for work; outside it, Snyder Township is the main destination (24%, 3 miles). Gray has 17 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Gray

On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

17live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night21
Workday4
21live here− 17head out to work+ 0come in to work= 4on a workday

About 4 people are in Gray on a workday afternoon, 81% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Gray’s working residents head each day

Ligonier: 1 residents work here (6%)Etna: 1 residents work here (6%)Tyrone: 1 residents work here (6%)Curwensville: 1 residents work here (6%)Hollidaysburg: 1 residents work here (6%)Susquehanna Township: 1 residents work here (6%)Snyder Township: 4 residents work here (24%)Tyrone Township: 1 residents work here (6%)Porter Township: 1 residents work here (6%)Patton Township: 1 residents work here (6%)GraySnyder TownshipLigonierEtnaTyroneCurwensvilleHollidaysburgGray
1
Snyder Township3.3 mi away
24%4
2
Ligonier59.1 mi away
6%1
3
Etna89.8 mi away
6%1
4
Tyrone1.3 mi away
6%1
5
Curwensville25.7 mi away
6%1
6
Hollidaysburg17.3 mi away
6%1
76%1
8
Tyrone Township5.2 mi away
6%1
9
Porter Township11.2 mi away
6%1
10
Patton Township20.8 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%4
The top trips

Where Gray clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Gray

Working from home
0%

of Gray workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Gray gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 21 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

How far Gray’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSnyder Township: 24% · 3.3 miLigonier: 6% · 59.1 miEtna: 6% · 89.8 miTyrone: 6% · 1.3 miCurwensville: 6% · 25.7 miHollidaysburg: 6% · 17.3 miSusquehanna Township: 6% · 76.4 miTyrone Township: 6% · 5.2 miPorter Township: 6% · 11.2 miPatton Township: 6% · 20.8 miSnyder Township 24%Ligonier 6%Etna 6%Tyrone 6%Curwensville 6%Gray
GrayTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi7 residents
12%10–24 mi2 residents
6%25–50 mi1 residents
41%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 41% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Gray: questions

What is the poverty rate in Gray?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Gray work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Snyder Township (24%, 3 mi), Ligonier (6%, 59 mi), Etna (6%, 90 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Gray 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 Gray, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Gray

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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.