How Sickles Corner works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Hardly any work in Sickles Corner itself; outside it, Altoona draws the most (26%, 7 miles). No jobs are based in Sickles Corner in the Census job records; 50 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sickles Corner on a workday
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Sickles Corner on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Sickles Corner commutes to
Where Sickles Corner clocks in
26% 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.
Working from home in Sickles Corner
of Sickles Corner workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 92 commuters (the 3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sickles Corner
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.
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 Sickles Corner: questions
What is the median household income in Sickles Corner?
$62,500 (±$53,459) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sickles Corner?
40.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sickles Corner work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Altoona (26%, 7 mi), Logan Township (14%, 8 mi), Hollidaysburg (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sickles Corner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sickles Corner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sickles Corner
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.