Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0More people are out of work in Huntingdon (6.0%) than in 74% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 19 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Huntingdon grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 63% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Huntingdon
Commutes from Huntingdon are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Huntingdon is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 7% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Huntingdon gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Huntingdon is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #857 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Huntingdon’s grade up (9.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Huntingdon could be anywhere from D to B.
The trip to work from Huntingdon: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huntingdon workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,441 commuters (the 14% 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.
In Huntingdon, services account for most jobs
2,850 jobs are based in Huntingdon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huntingdon, 2014 → 2024: 3,312 → 2,850. 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 Huntingdon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Huntingdon
On a workday 1,706 residents head out to work, 588 work right here, and 2,262 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.
10% of working residents work in Smithfield Township
Where Huntingdon clocks in
10% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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 Huntingdon works
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.
Huntingdon is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Huntingdon is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns, #142 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 26.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 8.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,847 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). 12.9% of Huntingdon households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Huntingdon’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,396th of 3,229: where Huntingdon ranks among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | London Grove Township PA | 9,047 | $176K | 1.8% | 0.3% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,394 | Newton Township OH | 5,225 | $68K | 8.7% | 6.9% | 5% | C |
| 2,395 | Sharon Township OH | 8,948 | $61K | 13.0% | 4.7% | 15% | C |
| 2,396 | Huntingdon PA | 6,862 | $67K | 9.3% | 6.0% | 26% | C |
| 2,397 | Brookridge FL | 4,923 | $54K | 8.1% | 6.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,398 | North Hobbs NM | 6,034 | $83K | 12.8% | 6.1% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Huntingdon, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 10% of Huntingdon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Huntingdon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntingdon | – | C | A | 19 min | $67,125 |
| Oneida Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Smithfield Township | 10% | C | C+ | 23 min | $51,447 |
| Henderson Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oneida Township: not graded. Henderson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Smithfield Township. Darker towns draw more of Huntingdon’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 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 Huntingdon: questions
What is the median household income in Huntingdon?
$67,125 (±$10,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huntingdon?
9.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huntingdon?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huntingdon work?
26% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smithfield Township (10%, 2 mi), Altoona (3%, 21 mi), Ferguson Township (2%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Huntingdon walkable?
Huntingdon is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huntingdon
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.