Photo: User:Ruhrfisch · CC BY-SA 3.0Laporte has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 327 people commute in to work
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Laporte has 340 jobs, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Laporte; the top destination outside it is Williamsport (6%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Laporte
On a workday 97 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 540 people are in Laporte on a workday afternoon, 74% more 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.
Who travels to work in Laporte, and from where
Where Laporte clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
In Laporte, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laporte, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 340. 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 Laporte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Laporte’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laporte workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Laporte
About 35% 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 Laporte: questions
What is the median household income in Laporte?
$57,250 (±$19,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laporte?
5.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laporte?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laporte work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (6%, 31 mi), Mehoopany Township (5%, 23 mi), Cherry Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laporte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laporte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laporte
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.