With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Ramblewood works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). 36 jobs are based in Ramblewood, and 326 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Ramblewood for work; outside it, College Township is the main destination (31%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ramblewood, in a few figures
Ramblewood is a place people come home to
There are 36 jobs based in Ramblewood, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ramblewood has about 800 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Ramblewood residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
31% of Ramblewood works in College Township
100 working residents, 31%, have their main job in College Township, 9.1 miles away. That’s far more as work in Ramblewood itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 326 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Ramblewood quiets down on a workday
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Ramblewood on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Ramblewood
About 18% 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.
The places Ramblewood commutes to
Where Ramblewood clocks in
31% of workers
17% of workers
14% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Ramblewood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ramblewood, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 36. 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 Ramblewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Ramblewood’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ramblewood workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 648 commuters (the 8% 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.
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 Ramblewood: questions
What is the median household income in Ramblewood?
$115,568 (±$48,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ramblewood?
7.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ramblewood?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ramblewood work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are College Township (31%, 9 mi), Ferguson Township (17%, 1 mi), State College (14%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ramblewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ramblewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ramblewood
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.