Work & commute · Cochranton

Work & commute in Cochranton, PA

Most working residents leave Cochranton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Meadville (21%), Vernon (11%) and West Mead (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 443 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 428 Cochranton residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cochranton.

428live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cochranton goes to work

Meadville10.3 mi away

21%93

Vernon11.4 mi away

11%47

West Mead8.6 mi away

5%22

Wayne4.2 mi away

4%19

Cochranton (in town)right here

3%15

Erie41.3 mi away

3%15

Pittsburgh74.7 mi away

2%11

Millcreek39.3 mi away

2%11

East Fairfield2.7 mi away

2%10

Saegertown14.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%192

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

How far

How far Cochranton commutes

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

39%

34%

15%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cochranton is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cochranton are

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

Jobs based in Cochranton

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Cochranton residents hold

443 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−3%

Jobs based in Cochranton, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 266. 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.