Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Hyndman has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. 99 jobs are based in Hyndman, and 358 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Hyndman; the top destination outside it is Cumberland (16%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hyndman, in brief
Hyndman is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Hyndman, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hyndman has about 590 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hyndman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 358 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Hyndman
On a workday 347 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Hyndman on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hyndman workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Hyndman, by distance
About 34% 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.
Where people from Hyndman work
Where Hyndman clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Hyndman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hyndman, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 99. 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 Hyndman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hyndman: questions
What is the median household income in Hyndman?
$56,429 (±$18,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hyndman?
11.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hyndman?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hyndman work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cumberland (16%, 12 mi), Bedford Township (6%, 20 mi), Bedford (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hyndman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hyndman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hyndman
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.