Work & commute · Cherry

Work & commute in Cherry, PA

Most working residents leave Cherry for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (12%), Butler (10%) and Butler (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 470 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Cherry residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 1,565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherry.

429live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

1,565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherry goes to work

Pittsburgh43.2 mi away

12%56

Butler14.7 mi away

10%48

Cherry (in town)right here

9%41

Butler14.1 mi away

4%20

Pine10.1 mi away

4%19

Cranberry26.2 mi away

3%12

Clay4.9 mi away

2%10

Slippery Rock5.7 mi away

2%8

Grove City10.7 mi away

1%7

Summit15.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%242

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

How far

How far Cherry commutes

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

19%

37%

32%

12%

19%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherry is a job hub

3.42jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherry are

1,606 jobs are based in Cherry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cherry

1,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Cherry residents hold

470 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Cherry, 2013 → 2023: 1,517 → 1,606. 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.