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Jobs & commute in Rew

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rew works elsewhere

There are 8 jobs in Rew, against 75 working residents. Hardly any work in Rew itself; outside it, Bradford draws the most (32%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.

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

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Rew

On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

75live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday130
200live here− 75head out to work+ 8come in to work= 130on a workday

About 130 people are in Rew on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs 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

Commuting out of Rew: the destinations

Salamanca: 1 residents work here (1%)Olean: 4 residents work here (5%)Buffalo: 1 residents work here (1%)New York: 1 residents work here (1%)KaneSmethport: 2 residents work here (3%)Mount JewettWarren: 3 residents work here (4%)Bradford: 24 residents work here (32%)MeadvilleAllegany: 3 residents work here (4%)Bradford Township: 8 residents work here (11%)Ceres TownshipCecil TownshipFoster Township: 5 residents work here (7%)RewBradfordBradford TownshipFoster TownshipOleanWarrenAlleganyRew
1
Bradford6.8 mi away
32%24
211%8
3
Foster Township5.9 mi away
7%5
4
Olean, NY13.8 mi away
5%4
5
Warren31.4 mi away
4%3
6
Allegany, NY13.3 mi away
4%3
7
Smethport7.9 mi away
3%2
8
Salamanca, NY20.6 mi away
1%1
9
Buffalo, NY70.6 mi away
1%1
10
New York City, NY253.6 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%23
The top trips

Where Rew 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

In Rew, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in RewJobs Rew residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%32%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices0%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%27%
Over $3,333 a month88%57%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 5475%47%
55 and older25%32%
−58%

Jobs based in Rew, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 8. 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 Rew’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 95 minutes to work from Rew

A year of commuting
728 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 30.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rew95 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Rew gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 78 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.

How far

How far Rew’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBradford: 32% · 6.8 miBradford Township: 11% · 7.8 miFoster Township: 7% · 5.9 miOlean: 5% · 13.8 miWarren: 4% · 31.4 miAllegany: 4% · 13.3 miSmethport: 3% · 7.9 miSalamanca: 1% · 20.6 miBuffalo: 1% · 70.6 miNew York City: 1% · 253.6 miBradford 32%Bradford Township 11%Foster Township 7%Olean 5%Warren 4%Rew
RewTop destinations (size = commuters)
59%Under 10 mi44 residents
13%10–24 mi10 residents
8%25–50 mi6 residents
20%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 20% 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.

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 Rew: questions

What is the poverty rate in Rew?

1.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Rew?

95 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Rew work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bradford (32%, 7 mi), Bradford Township (11%, 8 mi), Foster Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Rew

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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.