Work & commute · Chicora

Work & commute in Chicora, PA

Most working residents leave Chicora for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (17%), Pittsburgh (10%) and Butler (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 423 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 409 Chicora residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chicora.

409live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chicora goes to work

Butler10.4 mi away

17%70

Pittsburgh37.6 mi away

10%44

Butler12 mi away

9%37

Chicora (in town)right here

3%14

Jefferson12.3 mi away

3%12

East Franklin11 mi away

3%11

Clearfield7 mi away

2%9

Cranberry25.5 mi away

2%9

Summit8.5 mi away

2%7

Adams21.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%203

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

How far

How far Chicora commutes

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

20%

44%

25%

11%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chicora is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chicora are

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

Jobs based in Chicora

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Chicora residents hold

423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+11%

Jobs based in Chicora, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 216. 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.