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Jobs & commute in Linds Crossing

Work, pay and getting to work in Linds Crossing

Working from home is the commute for 100% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Hardly any work in Linds Crossing; the top destination outside it is Altoona (13%, 6 miles). No jobs are based in Linds Crossing in the Census job records; 63 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Linds Crossing

On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

63live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night40
Workday0
40live here− 63head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Linds Crossing on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Linds Crossing commutes to

Bellwood: 1 residents work here (2%)Duncansville: 1 residents work here (2%)West York: 1 residents work here (2%)Hollidaysburg: 7 residents work here (11%)Altoona: 8 residents work here (13%)Antis Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Logan Township: 5 residents work here (8%)Greenfield Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Allegheny Township: 5 residents work here (8%)Frankstown Township: 4 residents work here (6%)Linds CrossingAltoonaHollidaysburgLogan TownshipAllegheny TownshipFrankstown TownshipAntis TownshipLinds Crossing
1
Altoona6.2 mi away
13%8
2
Hollidaysburg3.7 mi away
11%7
3
Logan Township8.2 mi away
8%5
48%5
56%4
6
Antis Township13.9 mi away
3%2
73%2
8
Bellwood11.1 mi away
2%1
9
Duncansville5.7 mi away
2%1
10
West York89 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%27
The top trips

Where Linds Crossing 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Linds Crossing

Working from home
100%

of Linds Crossing workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 10 in 10

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The commute from Linds Crossing, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAltoona: 13% · 6.2 miHollidaysburg: 11% · 3.7 miLogan Township: 8% · 8.2 miAllegheny Township: 8% · 8 miFrankstown Township: 6% · 1.4 miAntis Township: 3% · 13.9 miGreenfield Township: 3% · 13.1 miBellwood: 2% · 11.1 miDuncansville: 2% · 5.7 miWest York: 2% · 89 miAltoona 13%Hollidaysburg 11%Logan Township 8%Allegheny Township 8%Linds Crossing
Linds CrossingTop destinations (size = commuters)
51%Under 10 mi32 residents
14%10–24 mi9 residents
11%25–50 mi7 residents
24%Over 50 mi15 residents

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 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Linds Crossing: questions

What is the poverty rate in Linds Crossing?

100.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Linds Crossing work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (13%, 6 mi), Hollidaysburg (11%, 4 mi), Logan Township (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Linds Crossing, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Linds Crossing

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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.