Jobs and earnings in Reservoir, and the trip to work
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%). Hardly any work in Reservoir itself; outside it, Altoona draws the most (17%, 7 miles). Employers in Reservoir report 53 jobs; 78 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Reservoir, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Reservoir on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Reservoir goes to work
Where Reservoir clocks in
17% 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 Reservoir’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reservoir, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 53. 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 Reservoir’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Reservoir
of Reservoir workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% 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.
Reservoir’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 Reservoir: questions
What is the poverty rate in Reservoir?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Reservoir work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (17%, 7 mi), Allegheny Township (10%, 6 mi), Taylor Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Reservoir 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 Reservoir, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reservoir
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.