Jobs and earnings in Klahr, and the trip to work
Hardly any work in Klahr itself; outside it, Greenfield Township draws the most (28%, 1 miles). Employers in Klahr report 20 jobs, and 25 of its residents work somewhere. Poverty touches 20.7% of residents, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Klahr
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 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 (0.80 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.
The places Klahr commutes to
Where Klahr clocks in
28% of workers
12% 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 Klahr
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Klahr, 2014 → 2024: 25 → 20. 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 Klahr’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Klahr
About 24% 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.
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 Klahr: questions
What is the median household income in Klahr?
$46,458 (±$21,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Klahr?
20.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Klahr work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield Township (28%, 1 mi), Altoona (12%, 16 mi), Allegheny Township (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Klahr, from the people who make the trip.
More of Klahr
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.