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Jobs & commute in Mingoville

Mingoville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Mingoville report 42 jobs, against 206 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mingoville for work; outside it, College Township is the main destination (23%, 12 miles).

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

What stands out · In brief

Work in Mingoville, in a few figures

Mingoville is a place people come home to

There are 42 jobs based in Mingoville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mingoville has about 16 people in it, 91% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Few Mingoville workers work from home

Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Who leaves Mingoville for work, and who comes in

On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.

204live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday16
180live here− 200head out to work+ 40come in to work= 16on a workday

About 16 people are in Mingoville on a workday afternoon, 91% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Time on the road

Working from home in Mingoville

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Mingoville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 56 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.

The commute map

Where Mingoville goes to work

New YorkCentre HallBellefonte: 9 residents work here (4%)Lock Haven: 3 residents work here (1%)BrookvilleState College: 14 residents work here (7%)College Township: 48 residents work here (23%)Marion TownshipSpring Township: 11 residents work here (5%)Walker Township: 15 residents work here (7%)Lamar Township: 6 residents work here (3%)Benner Township: 11 residents work here (5%)Boggs Township: 4 residents work here (2%)Ferguson Township: 13 residents work here (6%)Potter TownshipMingovilleCollege TownshipWalker TownshipState CollegeFerguson TownshipSpring TownshipBenner TownshipMingoville
1
College Township11.8 mi away
23%48
2
Walker Township2.6 mi away
7%15
3
State College14.4 mi away
7%14
4
Ferguson Township19.9 mi away
6%13
5
Spring Township4.8 mi away
5%11
6
Benner Township9.4 mi away
5%11
7
Bellefonte5.9 mi away
4%9
8
Lamar Township15.4 mi away
3%6
9
Boggs Township8.1 mi away
2%4
10
Lock Haven17.5 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%72
The top trips

Where Mingoville 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.

The jobs

What Mingoville’s employers do

Jobs based in MingovilleJobs Mingoville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms24%19%
Trade, transport & utilities12%18%
Services: health, schools, offices64%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less36%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%17%
Over $3,333 a month33%73%

Who does it

29 or younger24%17%
30 to 5426%50%
55 and older50%32%
+250%

Jobs based in Mingoville, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 42. 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 Mingoville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

Mingoville’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi30 miCollege Township: 23% · 11.8 miWalker Township: 7% · 2.6 miState College: 7% · 14.4 miFerguson Township: 6% · 19.9 miSpring Township: 5% · 4.8 miBenner Township: 5% · 9.4 miBellefonte: 4% · 5.9 miLamar Township: 3% · 15.4 miBoggs Township: 2% · 8.1 miLock Haven: 1% · 17.5 miCollege Township 23%Walker Township 7%State College 7%Ferguson Township 6%Spring Township 5%Mingoville
MingovilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi56 residents
46%10–24 mi95 residents
3%25–50 mi7 residents
23%Over 50 mi47 residents

About 23% 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.

Next door

The towns around Mingoville

Marion Township: few work hereMarion TownshipMingoville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownMingoville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Mingoville–————
Marion Townshipunder 2%C+C28 min$67,405

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Mingoville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 Mingoville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Mingoville?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Mingoville work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (23%, 12 mi), Walker Township (7%, 3 mi), State College (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mingoville 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 Mingoville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Mingoville

Mingoville home →

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.