Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Most of Milesburg commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
7% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%. Employers in Milesburg report 92 jobs; 394 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Milesburg is better than 45% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Milesburg and work: the main findings
Milesburg is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Milesburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Milesburg has about 760 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Milesburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 394 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Milesburg gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Milesburg’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($61,442, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Milesburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Milesburg could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Milesburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Milesburg on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Milesburg: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milesburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 483 commuters (the 7% 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.
19% of working residents work in College Township
Where Milesburg clocks in
19% 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.
Jobs in Milesburg: what the 92 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milesburg, 2014 → 2024: 286 → 92. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Milesburg’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Milesburg: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 521 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). 5.0% of Milesburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milesburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Milesburg comes 1,193rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,191 | Lempster NH | 1,162 | $87K | 7.2% | 1.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,192 | Inverness CA | 1,346 | $80K | 4.8% | 10.0% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,193 | Milesburg PA | 1,062 | $61K | 6.7% | 1.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,194 | Blue River Township IN | 1,157 | $86K | 11.5% | 2.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,195 | Wildcat Township IN | 1,251 | $74K | 10.3% | 1.8% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Milesburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Milesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Milesburg?
$61,442 (±$27,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milesburg?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milesburg?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milesburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (19%, 9 mi), Boggs Township (13%, 4 mi), Bellefonte (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Milesburg walkable?
Milesburg is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milesburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Milesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milesburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.