Work & commute · Canonsburg

Work & commute in Canonsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Canonsburg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (12%), North Strabane (8%) and Cecil (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

327 of 4,747 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,420 Canonsburg residents head out of town to work, 327 work right here, and 2,850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canonsburg.

4,420live here, work elsewhere

327live and work here

2,850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canonsburg goes to work

Pittsburgh16.5 mi away

12%592

North Strabane3.2 mi away

8%366

Canonsburg (in town)right here

7%327

Cecil3.3 mi away

7%325

Peters5.6 mi away

5%236

Washington7 mi away

5%217

Chartiers3.4 mi away

4%175

South Strabane6.4 mi away

3%145

South Fayette7.4 mi away

2%103

Robinson13.7 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,166

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

How far

How far Canonsburg commutes

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

48%

35%

48%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canonsburg is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canonsburg are

3,177 jobs are based in Canonsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canonsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canonsburg

3,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Canonsburg residents hold

4,747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+11%

Jobs based in Canonsburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,863 → 3,177. 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.