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Work & commute · Canal

Work & commute in Canal, PA

Most working residents leave Canal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (11%), Sugarcreek (8%) and Cranberry (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 377 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 377 Canal residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canal.

377live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Canal goes to work

CochrantonUticaPolkOil CityMeadvilleFranklinSugarcreekPhiladelphiaWayneMillcreekJacksonRandolphPresidentVernonWayneCranberryFrenchcreekPineSandycreekCanalFranklinSugarcreekCranberryOil CitySandycreekMeadvilleVernonFrenchcreekPineCochrantonCanal
1
Franklin8.7 mi away
11%40
2
Sugarcreek6.5 mi away
8%31
3
Cranberry15.1 mi away
6%24
4
Oil City12.7 mi away
5%20
5
Sandycreek10.7 mi away
5%20
6
Meadville15.8 mi away
3%13
7
Vernon17.4 mi away
3%10
8
Frenchcreek5.5 mi away
3%10
9
Pine22.2 mi away
3%10
10
Cochranton6.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%191

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

How far

How far Canal commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Canal is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canal are

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

Jobs based in Canal

22 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Canal residents hold

377 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+29%

Jobs based in Canal, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 22. 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.

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