Most of Reightown commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
13% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Reightown report 2 jobs for 163 working residents. Hardly any stay in Reightown for work; outside it, Altoona is the main destination (21%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Reightown
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Reightown on a workday afternoon, 71% 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.
Where Reightown’s working residents head each day
Where Reightown clocks in
21% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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 Reightown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reightown, 2014 → 2024: 384 → 2. 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 Reightown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Reightown
of Reightown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 13% 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.
The commute from Reightown, by distance
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Reightown compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bellwood (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Reightown’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 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 Reightown: questions
What is the median household income in Reightown?
$54,926 (±$23,281) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reightown?
15.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Reightown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (21%, 7 mi), Antis Township (10%, 3 mi), Bellwood (5%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Reightown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reightown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reightown
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.