Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Valley View commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 9% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%). Valley View has 351 jobs, against 698 working residents. Only 7% work in Valley View; the top destination outside it is Hegins Township (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Valley View at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside Valley View
66% of Valley View residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Valley View pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Valley View pay little
29% of the jobs based in Valley View pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Valley View are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 698 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs in Valley View: what the 351 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley View, 2014 → 2024: 381 → 351. 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 Valley View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Valley View spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley View workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 717 commuters (the 9% 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.
How a workday changes Valley View
On a workday 648 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Valley View on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Valley View’s working residents head each day
Where Valley View clocks in
15% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 commute from Valley View, by distance
About 19% 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 Valley View: questions
What is the median household income in Valley View?
$77,273 (±$20,518) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley View?
5.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley View?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley View work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hegins Township (15%, 2 mi), Hubley Township (5%, 4 mi), Gratz (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Valley View without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Valley View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley View
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.