With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Parkhill works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S. There are 75 jobs in Parkhill, and 218 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Parkhill for work; outside it, Johnstown is the main destination (21%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Parkhill
On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Parkhill on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 out of Parkhill: the destinations
Where Parkhill clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Parkhill’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkhill, 2014 → 2024: 55 → 75. 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 Parkhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Parkhill, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkhill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 15% 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.
Parkhill’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
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 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 Parkhill: questions
What is the poverty rate in Parkhill?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkhill?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkhill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnstown (21%, 3 mi), East Taylor Township (8%, 1 mi), Richland Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Parkhill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkhill
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.