Work & commute · Charleroi

Work & commute in Charleroi, PA

Most working residents leave Charleroi for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Speers (6%), Pittsburgh (5%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

174 of 1,463 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 1,289 Charleroi residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 1,911 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charleroi.

1,289live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

1,911work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charleroi goes to work

Charleroi (in town)right here

12%174

Speers1.5 mi away

6%87

Pittsburgh21.2 mi away

5%73

Washington18.5 mi away

3%47

Carroll3.2 mi away

3%45

Rostraver5.5 mi away

3%39

Monessen1.3 mi away

2%32

Cecil19.4 mi away

2%32

Donora3.5 mi away

2%30

North Strabane14.7 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%877

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

How far

How far Charleroi commutes

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

40%

39%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charleroi is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charleroi are

2,085 jobs are based in Charleroi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charleroi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charleroi

2,085 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Charleroi residents hold

1,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+12%

Jobs based in Charleroi, 2013 → 2023: 1,865 → 2,085. 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.