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Work & commute in Cherry Valley · A commuter town

100% of Cherry Valley’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Cherry Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (12%), Butler (12%) and Cherry (12%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 25 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
19 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
6
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Cherry Valley?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Pittsburgh

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Petrolia: 1 residents work here (4%)Brackenridge: 1 residents work here (4%)Chicora: 1 residents work here (4%)Eau ClaireSlippery Rock: 1 residents work here (4%)Butler: 1 residents work here (4%)Grove City: 1 residents work here (4%)Cherry ValleyPittsburgh: 3 residents work here (12%)Butler: 3 residents work here (12%)SpringfieldClay: 2 residents work here (8%)VenangoScrubgrassRocklandCherry: 3 residents work here (12%)AlleghenyPittsburghButlerCherryClayPetroliaBrackenridgeCherry Valley
1
Pittsburgh50.5 mi away
12%3
2
Butler22.2 mi away
12%3
3
Cherry9.2 mi away
12%3
4
Clay13.3 mi away
8%2
5
Petrolia10.5 mi away
4%1
6
Brackenridge38.2 mi away
4%1
7
Chicora14.6 mi away
4%1
8
Slippery Rock14.7 mi away
4%1
9
Butler21.2 mi away
4%1
10
Grove City15 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%8
The top trips

Where Cherry Valley clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
146 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cherry Valley19 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Cherry Valley workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Cherry Valley quiets down on a workday

On a workday 25 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

25live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night60
Workday41
60live here− 25head out to work+ 6come in to work= 41on a workday

About 41 people are in Cherry Valley on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Cherry Valley commutes less than 24 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miPittsburgh: 12% · 50.5 miButler: 12% · 22.2 miCherry: 12% · 9.2 miClay: 8% · 13.3 miPetrolia: 4% · 10.5 miBrackenridge: 4% · 38.2 miChicora: 4% · 14.6 miSlippery Rock: 4% · 14.7 miButler: 4% · 21.2 miGrove City: 4% · 15 miPittsburgh 12%Butler 12%Cherry 12%Clay 8%Petrolia 4%Cherry Valley
Cherry ValleyTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi4 residents
44%10–24 mi11 residents
20%25–50 mi5 residents
20%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

6 jobs are based in Cherry Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherry Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cherry ValleyJobs Cherry Valley residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms17%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%12%
Services: health, schools, offices83%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less83%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%20%
Over $3,333 a month17%64%

Who does it

29 or younger0%24%
30 to 5433%44%
55 and older67%32%
−65%

Jobs based in Cherry Valley, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 6. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Cherry Valley and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Cherry Valley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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