Work & commute · Castle Shannon

Work & commute in Castle Shannon, PA

Most working residents leave Castle Shannon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (33%), Bethel Park (4%) and Scott (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 4,002 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,845 Castle Shannon residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 2,223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castle Shannon.

3,845live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

2,223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castle Shannon goes to work

Pittsburgh5.6 mi away

33%1,328

Bethel Park3.1 mi away

4%169

Castle Shannon (in town)right here

4%157

Scott3.5 mi away

3%106

Robinson8.7 mi away

2%83

West Mifflin6 mi away

2%80

Cecil9.6 mi away

2%78

Moon14 mi away

2%77

Findlay15.8 mi away

2%76

Green Tree4 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,785

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

How far

How far Castle Shannon commutes

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

71%

19%

71%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castle Shannon is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Castle Shannon are

2,380 jobs are based in Castle Shannon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castle Shannon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Castle Shannon

2,380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Castle Shannon residents hold

4,002 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−16%

Jobs based in Castle Shannon, 2013 → 2023: 2,831 → 2,380. 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.