Work, pay and getting to work in Longfellow
0% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%. Hardly any work in Longfellow; the top destination outside it is Oliver Township (12%, 4 miles). Commuters spend 57 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
Who works in Longfellow, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Longfellow on a workday afternoon, 68% fewer than live here.
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.
Commuting out of Longfellow: the destinations
Where Longfellow clocks in
7% 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.
Getting to work from Longfellow takes about 57 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longfellow workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Longfellow
About 19% 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 Longfellow: questions
What is the median household income in Longfellow?
$64,063 (±$9,956) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longfellow?
11.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longfellow?
57 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longfellow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oliver Township (12%, 4 mi), Burnham (7%, 10 mi), Lewistown (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Longfellow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Longfellow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longfellow
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.