With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hostetter works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 11 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. There are 39 jobs in Hostetter for 301 working residents. Hardly any work in Hostetter itself; outside it, Unity Township draws the most (21%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hostetter: the figures worth knowing
Hostetter is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Hostetter, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hostetter has about 190 people in it, 58% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hostetter are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 115 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 301 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Hostetter
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Hostetter on a workday afternoon, 58% 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.
Getting to work from Hostetter takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hostetter workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 192 commuters (the 12% 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.
Commuting out of Hostetter: the destinations
Where Hostetter clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Hostetter
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hostetter, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 39. 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 Hostetter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Hostetter
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 Hostetter: questions
What is the median household income in Hostetter?
$62,125 (±$40,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hostetter?
17.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hostetter?
11 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hostetter work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Unity Township (21%, 2 mi), Greensburg (10%, 8 mi), Latrobe (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hostetter without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hostetter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hostetter
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.