Loop has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Loop; the top destination outside it is Altoona (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Loop
Loop and Altoona trade workers both ways
Altoona is the top workplace for Loop residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Loop come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Loop than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Loop fell from 374 in 2013 to 208 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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; with 648 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
20% of working residents work in Altoona
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Loop clocks in
20% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Loop makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
208 jobs are based in Loop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loop, 2013 → 2023: 374 → 208. 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.
Loop quiets down on a workday
On a workday 645 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Loop on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.32 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loop workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 967 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Loop commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
13% of Loop works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Hollidaysburg (10%). Darker towns draw more of Loop’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loop workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loop | – | — | — | 22 min | $91,818 |
| Blair Township | 3% | A− | B− | 20 min | $85,227 |
| Hollidaysburg | 10% | B+ | A | 16 min | $69,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Loop: questions
What is the median household income in Loop?
$91,818 (±$12,266) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loop?
4.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loop?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loop work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (20%, 6 mi), Hollidaysburg (10%, 2 mi), Allegheny Township (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loop without a car?
3% 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 Loop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loop
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.