Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Troutville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Troutville has 17 jobs, against 79 working residents. Only 1% work in Troutville; the top destination outside it is DuBois (19%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Troutville by day
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Troutville on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Troutville ends
Where Troutville clocks in
19% 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.
In Troutville, 94% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Troutville, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 17. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Troutville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Troutville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Troutville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 5% 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.
The commute from Troutville, by distance
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Troutville: questions
What is the median household income in Troutville?
$82,708 (±$18,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Troutville?
9.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Troutville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Troutville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DuBois (19%, 7 mi), Sandy Township (9%, 9 mi), St. Marys (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Troutville without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Troutville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Troutville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.