Work & commute · Collier

Work & commute in Collier, PA

Most working residents leave Collier for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (26%), Robinson (5%) and Scott (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

293 of 4,243 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,950 Collier residents head out of town to work, 293 work right here, and 7,920 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collier.

3,950live here, work elsewhere

293live and work here

7,920work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collier goes to work

Pittsburgh8.7 mi away

26%1,123

Collier (in town)right here

7%293

Robinson4 mi away

5%219

Scott3 mi away

4%160

Moon8.5 mi away

3%146

Findlay9.4 mi away

3%136

Cecil6.8 mi away

3%132

North Fayette5 mi away

2%105

South Fayette3.2 mi away

2%101

Green Tree4.3 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,735

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

How far

How far Collier commutes

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

66%

23%

66%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collier is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Collier are

8,213 jobs are based in Collier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Collier

8,213 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Collier residents hold

4,243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−2%

Jobs based in Collier, 2013 → 2023: 8,361 → 8,213. 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.