Work & commute · Clairton

Work & commute in Clairton, PA

Most working residents leave Clairton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (23%), West Mifflin (5%) and Jefferson Hills (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 2,304 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,191 Clairton residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 1,817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clairton.

2,191live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

1,817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clairton goes to work

Pittsburgh10.9 mi away

23%522

West Mifflin4.3 mi away

5%120

Clairton (in town)right here

5%113

Jefferson Hills2.8 mi away

5%108

Pleasant Hills4.4 mi away

4%91

McKeesport3.9 mi away

3%61

Bethel Park8 mi away

2%52

Monroeville11.2 mi away

2%45

Hempfield16.1 mi away

2%40

Whitehall6.9 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,118

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

How far

How far Clairton commutes

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

40%

45%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clairton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clairton are

1,930 jobs are based in Clairton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clairton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clairton

1,930 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Clairton residents hold

2,304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−18%

Jobs based in Clairton, 2013 → 2023: 2,347 → 1,930. 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.