St. Benedict has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
St. Benedict has 55 jobs; 117 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in St. Benedict for work; outside it, Cambria Township is the main destination (11%, 10 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all, 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
St. Benedict on a workday afternoon
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in St. Benedict on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
Where St. Benedict goes to work
Where St. Benedict clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in St. Benedict
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Benedict, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 55. 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 St. Benedict’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from St. Benedict
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Benedict workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region St. Benedict works
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 St. Benedict: questions
What is the median household income in St. Benedict?
$60,577 (±$20,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Benedict?
29.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Benedict?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Benedict work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambria Township (11%, 10 mi), Altoona (9%, 19 mi), Carrolltown (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Benedict without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Benedict, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Benedict
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.