Work & commute · Coal Center

Work & commute in Coal Center, PA

Most working residents leave Coal Center for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (9%), Pittsburgh (6%) and North Strabane (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35 Coal Center residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coal Center.

35live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coal Center goes to work

Washington19.6 mi away

9%3

Pittsburgh25.9 mi away

6%2

North Strabane17.1 mi away

6%2

Quincy, MA486.4 mi away

3%1

Belle Vernon4.2 mi away

3%1

Charleroi4.7 mi away

3%1

Waynesburg19.2 mi away

3%1

Speers3.8 mi away

3%1

McKees Rocks28.9 mi away

3%1

Castle Shannon21.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%21

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

How far

How far Coal Center commutes

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

21%

44%

24%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coal Center is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coal Center are

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

Jobs based in Coal Center

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Coal Center residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−28%

Jobs based in Coal Center, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 23. 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.