Work & commute · Black Lick

Work & commute in Black Lick, PA

Most working residents leave Black Lick for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are White (8%), Pittsburgh (7%) and Conemaugh (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 472 Black Lick residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Lick.

472live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Lick goes to work

White12.5 mi away

8%40

Pittsburgh38.1 mi away

7%33

Conemaugh7.1 mi away

6%30

Indiana10.1 mi away

5%24

Burrell4 mi away

3%15

Greensburg19.9 mi away

3%14

Upper Burrell22.2 mi away

3%14

Saltsburg10.2 mi away

3%13

Hempfield22.8 mi away

3%13

Derry9 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%267

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

How far

How far Black Lick commutes

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

23%

37%

28%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Lick is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Lick are

84 jobs are based in Black Lick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Lick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Black Lick

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Black Lick residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−35%

Jobs based in Black Lick, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 84. 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.