Twin Rocks has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 32 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Twin Rocks has 10 jobs; 144 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Twin Rocks for work; outside it, Cambria Township is the main destination (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Twin Rocks on a workday afternoon
On a workday 143 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Twin Rocks on a workday afternoon, 56% 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.
Out of Twin Rocks to work: where people go
Where Twin Rocks clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Twin Rocks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Rocks, 2014 → 2024: 19 → 10. 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 Twin Rocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Rocks workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 commuters (the 14% 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 Twin Rocks works
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Twin Rocks
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Rocks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Rocks | – | — | — | 32 min | $57,813 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 31 min | $81,414 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Rocks’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 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 Twin Rocks: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Rocks?
$57,813 (±$9,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Rocks?
2.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Rocks?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Rocks work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambria Township (8%, 6 mi), Ebensburg (5%, 7 mi), Nanty-Glo (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Twin Rocks 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 Twin Rocks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Rocks
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.