Photo: Jet Lowe · Public domainVintondale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
32 jobs are based in Vintondale for 133 working residents. Hardly any stay in Vintondale for work; outside it, Cambria Township is the main destination (8%, 9 miles). 6% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Vintondale for work, and who comes in
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Vintondale on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 people from Vintondale work
Where Vintondale clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 69% of jobs based in Vintondale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vintondale, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 32. 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 Vintondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Vintondale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vintondale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 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.
Vintondale’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Vintondale compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Blacklick Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vintondale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintondale | – | — | — | 27 min | $45,000 |
| Jackson Township | under 3% | B | C+ | 31 min | $81,414 |
| Blacklick Township | 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $57,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vintondale’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 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 Vintondale: questions
What is the median household income in Vintondale?
$45,000 (±$12,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vintondale?
19.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vintondale?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vintondale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambria Township (8%, 9 mi), Johnstown (7%, 11 mi), White Township (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vintondale without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vintondale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vintondale
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.