Work & commute · Buffington

Work & commute in Buffington, PA

Most working residents leave Buffington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are White (11%), Pine (6%) and Indiana (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 411 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 403 Buffington residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buffington.

403live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buffington goes to work

White12.8 mi away

11%47

Pine6.1 mi away

6%23

Indiana12.9 mi away

5%21

Cambria11.2 mi away

5%19

Johnstown13.1 mi away

4%15

Pittsburgh53.8 mi away

3%13

Cherryhill8.6 mi away

3%12

East Wheatfield5.5 mi away

3%11

Richland16.8 mi away

3%11

Burrell14.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%229

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

How far

How far Buffington commutes

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

16%

45%

15%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buffington is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buffington are

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

Jobs based in Buffington

123 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Buffington residents hold

411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+124%

Jobs based in Buffington, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 123. 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.