Vicksburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Vicksburg; the top destination outside it is Hollidaysburg (11%, 4 miles). 3 jobs are based in Vicksburg, and 46 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Vicksburg
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Vicksburg on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Vicksburg ends
Where Vicksburg clocks in
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Vicksburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Vicksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Vicksburg
of Vicksburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 0% 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 far Vicksburg’s workers travel
About 35% 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 Vicksburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vicksburg?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Vicksburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hollidaysburg (11%, 4 mi), Altoona (11%, 10 mi), Roaring Spring (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vicksburg
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.