Photo: Ryan on Flickr · CC BY 2.0Newry has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any stay in Newry for work; outside it, Altoona is the main destination (16%, 8 miles). There are 44 jobs in Newry for 93 working residents. The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newry on a workday afternoon
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Newry on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Newry goes to work
Where Newry clocks in
16% 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.
Newry is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newry, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 44. 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 Newry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Newry: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newry workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where in the region Newry works
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.
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 Newry: questions
What is the median household income in Newry?
$49,375 (±$28,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newry?
12.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newry?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (16%, 8 mi), Hollidaysburg (11%, 3 mi), Logan Township (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Newry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newry
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.