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Work & commute · Cumberland

Work & commute in Cumberland, PA

Most working residents leave Cumberland for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (8%), Morgantown (7%) and Pittsburgh (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
255 of 2,440 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,185 Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 255 work right here, and 786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumberland.

2,185live here, work elsewhere
255live and work here
786work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cumberland goes to work

CarmichaelsRices LandingWaynesburgMasontownUniontownWashingtonPittsburghMorgantownNorth UnionGeorgesFranklinCumberlandJeffersonGreeneSouth UnionDunkardMonongahelaRichhillGermanLuzerneFranklinMorgantownPittsburghWaynesburgUniontownCarmichaelsWashingtonRichhillNorth UnionCumberland
1
Cumberland (in town)right here
10%255
2
Franklin10.3 mi away
8%187
3
Morgantown, WV17.6 mi away
7%166
4
Pittsburgh38 mi away
4%106
5
Waynesburg10.2 mi away
4%88
6
Uniontown14.3 mi away
3%64
7
Carmichaels1.1 mi away
2%48
8
Washington23.8 mi away
2%48
9
Richhill24.5 mi away
2%48
10
North Union16.7 mi away
2%40
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%1,390

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

How far

How far Cumberland commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cumberland is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumberland are

1,041 jobs are based in Cumberland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cumberland

1,041 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)38%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Cumberland residents hold

2,440 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−22%

Jobs based in Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 1,331 → 1,041. 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.

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