Work & commute · Crafton

Work & commute in Crafton, PA

Most working residents leave Crafton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (36%), Robinson (4%) and Findlay (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 2,867 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,756 Crafton residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 1,028 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crafton.

2,756live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

1,028work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crafton goes to work

Pittsburgh5.1 mi away

36%1,021

Crafton (in town)right here

4%111

Robinson3.7 mi away

4%101

Findlay11.5 mi away

3%87

Green Tree1.4 mi away

3%72

Moon8.9 mi away

2%71

North Fayette8.1 mi away

2%58

Scott3.2 mi away

1%43

Ross6.8 mi away

1%42

Carnegie1.9 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,223

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

How far

How far Crafton commutes

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

70%

18%

70%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crafton is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crafton are

1,139 jobs are based in Crafton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crafton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crafton

1,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Crafton residents hold

2,867 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−35%

Jobs based in Crafton, 2013 → 2023: 1,757 → 1,139. 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.