Work & commute · Chippewa

Work & commute in Chippewa, PA

Most working residents leave Chippewa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Moon (4%) and Findlay (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

383 of 3,503 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 3,120 Chippewa residents head out of town to work, 383 work right here, and 2,742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chippewa.

3,120live here, work elsewhere

383live and work here

2,742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chippewa goes to work

Chippewa (in town)right here

11%383

Pittsburgh30.7 mi away

9%300

Moon19.6 mi away

4%125

Findlay20.2 mi away

3%120

Beaver Falls3 mi away

3%119

Cranberry14.8 mi away

3%109

Beaver6 mi away

3%102

Center8.9 mi away

3%101

Brighton4.1 mi away

2%85

Vanport5.9 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,980

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

How far

How far Chippewa commutes

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

39%

29%

22%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chippewa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chippewa are

3,125 jobs are based in Chippewa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chippewa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chippewa

3,125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Chippewa residents hold

3,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−15%

Jobs based in Chippewa, 2013 → 2023: 3,689 → 3,125. 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.