Work & commute · Cross Creek

Work & commute in Cross Creek, PA

Most working residents leave Cross Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (8%), Washington (7%) and Chartiers (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 604 Cross Creek residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cross Creek.

604live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cross Creek goes to work

Pittsburgh25 mi away

8%49

Washington12.1 mi away

7%41

Chartiers9.1 mi away

5%33

North Strabane14.5 mi away

4%27

Smith5.3 mi away

4%27

Cecil11.8 mi away

4%24

South Strabane14.6 mi away

3%17

Robinson18.4 mi away

3%16

Peters17.5 mi away

3%16

Canton8.9 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%352

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

How far

How far Cross Creek commutes

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

16%

55%

18%

11%

16%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cross Creek is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cross Creek are

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

Jobs based in Cross Creek

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cross Creek residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−7%

Jobs based in Cross Creek, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 144. 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.