Photo: Nyttend · Public domainScalp Level has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Scalp Level report 21 jobs; 273 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Below the poverty line: 19.4% of residents, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scalp Level at work: what stands out
Scalp Level is a place people come home to
There are 21 jobs based in Scalp Level, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scalp Level has about 460 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Scalp Level and Richland Township trade workers both ways
Richland Township is the top workplace for Scalp Level residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Scalp Level come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 273 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Scalp Level on a workday
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Scalp Level on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Richland Township
Where Scalp Level clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
4% 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.
Scalp Level’s commute, mile by mile
About 34% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scalp Level, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 21. 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 Scalp Level’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes to work from Scalp Level
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scalp Level workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 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.
Next door is work for 16% of Scalp Level
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scalp Level workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalp Level | – | — | — | 17 min | $49,861 |
| Richland Township | 16% | C+ | B+ | 17 min | $73,209 |
| Paint | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Paint: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Richland Township. Darker towns draw more of Scalp Level’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Scalp Level: questions
What is the median household income in Scalp Level?
$49,861 (±$10,532) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scalp Level?
19.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scalp Level?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scalp Level work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Township (16%, 2 mi), Johnstown (14%, 7 mi), Windber (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scalp Level without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Scalp Level, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scalp Level
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.