Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Latrobe earn less than those in 79% of U.S. towns
Latrobe grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability. The poverty rate is 16.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. 6% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Latrobe apart
Latrobe trades workers with the towns around it
Latrobe has about as many jobs (4,164) as working residents (3,617), but they are mostly different people: 3,116 residents leave for work each day while 3,663 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Latrobe are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Latrobe and Unity Township trade workers both ways
Unity Township is the top workplace for Latrobe residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Latrobe come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Latrobe are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 24 minutes). 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Latrobe
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Latrobe is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #885 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Latrobe’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,318, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Latrobe could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,116 residents head out to work, 501 work right here, and 3,663 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 (1.15 per resident).
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 Latrobe’s working residents head each day
Where Latrobe clocks in
Lines 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.
Getting to work from Latrobe takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Latrobe workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,896 commuters (the 6% 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.
Latrobe makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
4,164 jobs are based in Latrobe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Latrobe, 2013 → 2023: 5,155 → 4,164. 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 Latrobe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Latrobe commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Latrobe
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Latrobe is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #252 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Latrobe near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,123 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.5% of Latrobe households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Latrobe’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Latrobe ranks: 2,356th of 3,026 U.S. towns of 5,500 to 10,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 22 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Bethel AK | 6,626 | $117K | 11.6% | 8.3% | — | C |
| 2,355 | Delphos OH | 7,096 | $61K | 12.2% | 5.6% | 15% | C |
| 2,356 | Latrobe PA | 7,826 | $56K | 16.6% | 5.4% | 14% | C |
| 2,357 | Tecumseh OK | 6,402 | $49K | 16.3% | 3.6% | 9% | C |
| 2,358 | Shamokin PA | 6,764 | $40K | 24.6% | 2.1% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,026 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Latrobe, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Latrobe’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Latrobe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latrobe | – | C | A | 18 min | $56,318 |
| Derry Township | 6% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $66,156 |
| Unity Township | 16% | C+ | B | 23 min | $75,448 |
| Lawson Heights | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lawson Heights: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Unity Township. Darker towns draw more of Latrobe’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Latrobe: questions
What is the median household income in Latrobe?
$56,318 (±$8,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Latrobe?
16.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Latrobe?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Latrobe work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Unity Township (16%, 3 mi), Hempfield Township (8%, 11 mi), Derry Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Latrobe walkable?
Latrobe is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Latrobe without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Latrobe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Latrobe
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.