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Work & commute in Collinsburg · A commuter town

100% of Collinsburg’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Collinsburg for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (14%), Rostraver (8%) and West Mifflin (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
0%
1 of 460 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
27 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
3%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
29
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Collinsburg?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Pittsburgh

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

ElizabethSouth Greensburg: 8 residents work here (2%)SpeersWest Newton: 8 residents work here (2%)DonoraManorGreensburg: 10 residents work here (2%)BaldwinWhite OakWest Mifflin: 19 residents work here (4%)CentervilleJefferson Hills: 9 residents work here (2%)Monroeville: 12 residents work here (3%)Pittsburgh: 64 residents work here (14%)MoonHempfield: 14 residents work here (3%)SewickleySouth Huntingdon: 12 residents work here (3%)Rostraver: 35 residents work here (8%)WashingtonElizabethCollinsburgPittsburghRostraverWest MifflinHempfieldMonroevilleSouth HuntingdonCollinsburg
1
Pittsburgh18.2 mi away
14%64
2
Rostraver3.7 mi away
8%35
3
West Mifflin11.4 mi away
4%19
4
Hempfield11.2 mi away
3%14
5
Monroeville14.2 mi away
3%12
6
South Huntingdon5.3 mi away
3%12
7
Greensburg14 mi away
2%10
8
Jefferson Hills10 mi away
2%9
92%8
10
West Newton1.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%269
The top trips

Where Collinsburg clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Collinsburg quiets down on a workday

On a workday 459 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.

459live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
28work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday900
1,300live here− 460head out to work+ 28come in to work= 900on a workday

About 900 people are in Collinsburg on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Collinsburg commutes less than 15 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPittsburgh: 14% · 18.2 miRostraver: 8% · 3.7 miWest Mifflin: 4% · 11.4 miHempfield: 3% · 11.2 miMonroeville: 3% · 14.2 miSouth Huntingdon: 3% · 5.3 miGreensburg: 2% · 14 miJefferson Hills: 2% · 10 miSouth Greensburg: 2% · 13 miWest Newton: 2% · 1.1 miPittsburgh 14%Rostraver 8%West Mifflin 4%Hempfield 3%Monroeville 3%Collinsburg
CollinsburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi139 residents
50%10–24 mi228 residents
10%25–50 mi45 residents
10%Over 50 mi48 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 29 jobs in Collinsburg are

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

Jobs based in CollinsburgJobs Collinsburg residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%11%
Trade, transport & utilities24%24%
Services: health, schools, offices76%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less34%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%21%
Over $3,333 a month45%64%

Who does it

29 or younger7%18%
30 to 5445%50%
55 and older48%32%
−12%

Jobs based in Collinsburg, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 29. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, about the PA average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
208 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Collinsburg27 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Collinsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

13% of Collinsburg works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Rostraver (8%). Darker towns draw more of Collinsburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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