Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, PA

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (12%), Pittsburgh (7%) and Chartiers (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

212 of 3,576 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,364 Canton residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 1,846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

3,364live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

1,846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Washington3.3 mi away

12%418

Pittsburgh23.9 mi away

7%256

Chartiers4.5 mi away

6%224

North Strabane8.1 mi away

6%222

South Strabane6.3 mi away

6%222

Canton (in town)right here

6%212

Cecil9.8 mi away

4%159

North Franklin4 mi away

3%103

Peters12.6 mi away

3%94

Robinson19.9 mi away

2%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,606

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

47%

30%

15%

47%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

2,058 jobs are based in Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canton

2,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Canton residents hold

3,576 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−26%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 2,772 → 2,058. 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.