Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJennerstown has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 105 jobs in Jennerstown, against 277 working residents. Only 2% work in Jennerstown itself; outside it, Somerset Township draws the most (8%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jennerstown and work: the main findings
The daily trip from Jennerstown: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jennerstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 613 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.
A workday in Jennerstown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 271 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Jennerstown on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Out of Jennerstown to work: where people go
Where Jennerstown clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Jennerstown: what the 105 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jennerstown, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 105. 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 Jennerstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Jennerstown
About 17% 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.
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 Jennerstown: questions
What is the median household income in Jennerstown?
$64,801 (±$23,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jennerstown?
9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jennerstown?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jennerstown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Somerset Township (8%, 10 mi), Jenner Township (8%, 1 mi), Richland Township (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jennerstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jennerstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jennerstown
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.