Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPatton has lower household incomes than 90% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Patton D; getting around on foot earns it A. Poverty touches 21.8% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. 7% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Patton and work: the main findings
Many jobs in Patton pay little
48% of the jobs based in Patton pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Patton
56% of Patton residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 21% of the jobs based in Patton pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Patton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 593 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Patton
On income, poverty and job access, Patton is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Patton’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,875, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Patton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Patton could be anywhere from D to C−.
What work there is in Patton: 306 jobs
306 jobs are based in Patton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patton, 2013 → 2023: 320 → 306. 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 Patton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Patton, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 616 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.
How many people are in Patton by day
On a workday 564 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Patton on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
12% of working residents work in Altoona
Where Patton clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
The distance from Patton to work
About 25% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Patton
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Patton is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Patton near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 665 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.5% of Patton households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Patton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Patton next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200: 4,479th of 5,381 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,477 | Sesser IL | 1,888 | $53K | 19.6% | 5.8% | 4% | D |
| 4,478 | Owingsville KY | 1,612 | $40K | 17.8% | 2.5% | 15% | D |
| 4,479 | Patton PA | 1,656 | $48K | 21.8% | 4.8% | 5% | D |
| 4,480 | Perryville AR | 1,408 | $57K | 20.6% | 1.3% | 17% | D |
| 4,481 | New Sharon IA | 1,247 | $49K | 14.4% | 3.8% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Patton, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Patton
The biggest share goes to Elder Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patton | – | D | A | 32 min | $47,875 |
| East Carroll Township | under 3% | B | D | 30 min | $81,250 |
| Clearfield Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 28 min | $87,813 |
| Chest Township | under 3% | — | — | 50 min | — |
| Elder Township | 4% | C+ | D | 34 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chest Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Patton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Patton: questions
What is the median household income in Patton?
$47,875 (±$9,782) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patton?
21.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (12%, 16 mi), Cambria Township (4%, 11 mi), Elder Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Patton walkable?
Patton is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Patton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patton
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. 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.