Work & commute · Ben Avon

Work & commute in Ben Avon, PA

Most working residents leave Ben Avon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (37%), McCandless (4%) and Ohio (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 927 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 906 Ben Avon residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ben Avon.

906live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ben Avon goes to work

Pittsburgh7.2 mi away

37%344

McCandless5.9 mi away

4%38

Ohio2.6 mi away

3%29

Ross3.4 mi away

3%28

Findlay10.6 mi away

2%23

Ben Avon (in town)right here

2%21

Moon6.6 mi away

2%21

Pine9.9 mi away

2%17

Monroeville17.7 mi away

2%16

Cranberry14.2 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%375

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ben Avon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

71%

18%

71%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ben Avon is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ben Avon are

144 jobs are based in Ben Avon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ben Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ben Avon

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ben Avon residents hold

927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+153%

Jobs based in Ben Avon, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 144. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.