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Jobs & commute in Pavia Township

Pavia Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Pavia Township has 12 jobs, and 131 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.

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

Day and night

Who leaves Pavia Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 131 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.

131live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night280
Workday160
280live here− 130head out to work+ 12come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Pavia Township on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.09jobs 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.

The commute map

18% of working residents work in Greenfield Township

Manns ChoiceRoaring Spring: 5 residents work here (4%)Johnstown: 3 residents work here (2%)Altoona: 7 residents work here (5%)Londonderry TownshipKing Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Lincoln TownshipPavia TownshipSouth Woodbury Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Greenville TownshipKimmel TownshipBedford Township: 13 residents work here (10%)Greenfield Township: 24 residents work here (18%)Allegheny TownshipCumberland Valley TownshipCambria Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Monroe TownshipSummerhill TownshipRichland Township: 5 residents work here (4%)East St. Clair Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Greenfield TownshipBedford TownshipAltoonaEast St. Clair TownshipRoaring SpringRichland TownshipPavia Township
118%24
2
Bedford Township16.1 mi away
10%13
3
Altoona18.7 mi away
5%7
45%6
5
Roaring Spring11 mi away
4%5
6
Richland Township13.3 mi away
4%5
7
King Township7.1 mi away
3%4
8
Johnstown17.6 mi away
2%3
92%3
10
Cambria Township16.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%58
The top trips

Where Pavia Township 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

Pavia Township makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Pavia TownshipJobs Pavia Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms33%21%
Trade, transport & utilities58%21%
Services: health, schools, offices8%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%35%
Over $3,333 a month50%50%

Who does it

29 or younger8%24%
30 to 5475%53%
55 and older17%24%
+140%

Jobs based in Pavia Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 12. 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 Pavia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Pavia Township’s commute takes about 35 minutes

A year of commuting
271 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pavia Township35 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

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

About 1 in 10
How Pavia Township gets to work
90%Drive alone
10%Carpool

Share of the 147 commuters (the 12% 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

How many miles Pavia Township commutes

10 mi25 mi30 miGreenfield Township: 18% · 4.9 miBedford Township: 10% · 16.1 miAltoona: 5% · 18.7 miEast St. Clair Township: 5% · 10.6 miRoaring Spring: 4% · 11 miRichland Township: 4% · 13.3 miKing Township: 3% · 7.1 miJohnstown: 2% · 17.6 miSouth Woodbury Township: 2% · 12.4 miCambria Township: 2% · 16.8 miGreenfield Township 18%Bedford Township 10%Altoona 5%East St. Clair Township 5%Pavia Township
Pavia TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi36 residents
40%10–24 mi52 residents
10%25–50 mi13 residents
22%Over 50 mi29 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.

Next door

18% of Pavia Township works in a town next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Summerhill Township24 min
Greenfield Township24 min
Kimmel Township29 min
Lincoln Township34 min
Pavia Township35 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownPavia Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pavia Township–——35 min$58,542
Summerhill Townshipunder 3%CD24 min$57,813
Lincoln Townshipunder 3%——34 min—
Kimmel Townshipunder 3%CD−29 min$62,000
Greenfield Township18%C+B−24 min$60,590

Same-state neighbors only. Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Greenfield Township. Darker towns draw more of Pavia Township’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 Pavia Township: questions

What is the median household income in Pavia Township?

$58,542 (±$14,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Pavia Township?

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

How long is the commute from Pavia Township?

35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Pavia Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield Township (18%, 5 mi), Bedford Township (10%, 16 mi), Altoona (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Pavia Township

Pavia Township 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.