Work & commute · Center

Work & commute in Center, PA

Most working residents leave Center for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Moon (6%) and Findlay (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

497 of 4,868 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,371 Center residents head out of town to work, 497 work right here, and 5,024 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center.

4,371live here, work elsewhere

497live and work here

5,024work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center goes to work

Center (in town)right here

10%497

Pittsburgh22.3 mi away

9%422

Moon10.7 mi away

6%306

Findlay11.8 mi away

5%246

Hopewell4.2 mi away

4%175

Cranberry11 mi away

3%160

Beaver3.2 mi away

3%127

Aliquippa3.2 mi away

3%127

Robinson15.8 mi away

2%111

Brighton5.7 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,591

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

How far

How far Center commutes

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

41%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Center are

5,521 jobs are based in Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Center

5,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Center residents hold

4,868 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−10%

Jobs based in Center, 2013 → 2023: 6,116 → 5,521. 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.