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Jobs & commute in Oreminea

Oreminea at work: jobs, income and the commute

At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Hardly any work in Oreminea itself; outside it, Altoona draws the most (9%, 11 miles). No jobs are based in Oreminea in the Census job records; 32 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

Day and night

Who leaves Oreminea for work, and who comes in

On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

32live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night87
Workday55
87live here− 32head out to work+ 0come in to work= 55on a workday

About 55 people are in Oreminea on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Oreminea: the destinations

Media: 1 residents work here (3%)Loretto: 1 residents work here (3%)Hollidaysburg: 2 residents work here (6%)Bradford: 1 residents work here (3%)Altoona: 3 residents work here (9%)Pittsburgh: 1 residents work here (3%)North Woodbury Township: 3 residents work here (9%)Taylor Township: 3 residents work here (9%)Logan Township: 2 residents work here (6%)Greenfield Township: 3 residents work here (9%)OremineaAltoonaNorth Woodbury TownshipTaylor TownshipGreenfield TownshipHollidaysburgLogan TownshipOreminea
1
Altoona10.6 mi away
9%3
3
Taylor Township8.5 mi away
9%3
49%3
5
Hollidaysburg7.5 mi away
6%2
6
Logan Township12.5 mi away
6%2
7
Media155 mi away
3%1
8
Loretto21.3 mi away
3%1
9
Bradford109.5 mi away
3%1
10
Pittsburgh90.6 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%12
The top trips

Where Oreminea 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Oreminea

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 46 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.

How far

Where in the region Oreminea works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAltoona: 9% · 10.6 miNorth Woodbury Township: 9% · 8.4 miTaylor Township: 9% · 8.5 miGreenfield Township: 9% · 14.7 miHollidaysburg: 6% · 7.5 miLogan Township: 6% · 12.5 miMedia: 3% · 155 miLoretto: 3% · 21.3 miBradford: 3% · 109.5 miPittsburgh: 3% · 90.6 miAltoona 9%North Woodbury Township 9%Taylor Township 9%Hollidaysburg 6%Oreminea
OremineaTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi11 residents
31%10–24 mi10 residents
13%25–50 mi4 residents
22%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 22% 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.

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 Oreminea: questions

What is the median household income in Oreminea?

$59,688 (±$58,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Oreminea?

26.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Oreminea work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (9%, 11 mi), North Woodbury Township (9%, 8 mi), Taylor Township (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Oreminea without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Oreminea, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Oreminea

Oreminea 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.