A job hub: Sidman has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 334 people come in to work
Working from home is the commute for 13% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. There are 337 jobs in Sidman, against 175 working residents. Only 2% work in Sidman itself; outside it, Richland Township draws the most (13%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Sidman, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 172 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 470 people are in Sidman on a workday afternoon, 53% more 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.
Where Sidman’s workers come from
Where Sidman clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sidman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sidman, 2013 → 2023: 396 → 337. 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 Sidman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sidman
of Sidman workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sidman
About 28% 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.
Sidman and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Croyle Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sidman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidman | – | — | — | — | $74,342 |
| Croyle Township | 3% | B− | C− | 23 min | $59,514 |
| Salix | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| St. Michael | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Salix and St. Michael: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sidman’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 Sidman: questions
What is the median household income in Sidman?
$74,342 (±$60,795) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sidman?
11.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sidman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Township (13%, 5 mi), Johnstown (12%, 9 mi), Adams Township (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sidman 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 Sidman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sidman
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.