Juniata Terrace has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Juniata Terrace report 27 jobs, against 271 working residents. Hardly any work in Juniata Terrace itself; outside it, Granville Township draws the most (16%, 2 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Juniata Terrace and work: the main findings
Juniata Terrace is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Juniata Terrace, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Juniata Terrace has about 310 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Juniata Terrace and Granville Township trade workers both ways
Granville Township is the top workplace for Juniata Terrace residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Juniata Terrace come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Juniata Terrace workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 271 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Juniata Terrace on a workday afternoon
On a workday 271 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Juniata Terrace on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where the trip to work from Juniata Terrace ends
Where Juniata Terrace clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
Time on the road from Juniata Terrace: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Juniata Terrace workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 2% 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.
What Juniata Terrace’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Juniata Terrace, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 27. 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 Juniata Terrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Juniata Terrace
About 18% 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 Juniata Terrace: questions
What is the median household income in Juniata Terrace?
$52,500 (±$10,109) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Juniata Terrace?
16.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Juniata Terrace?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Juniata Terrace work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Granville Township (16%, 2 mi), Lewistown (13%, 1 mi), Derry Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Juniata Terrace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Juniata Terrace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Juniata Terrace
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.