Work & commute · Derry

Work & commute in Derry, PA

Most working residents leave Derry for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Derry (12%), Unity (11%) and Latrobe (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,170 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,124 Derry residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derry.

1,124live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derry goes to work

Derry2.9 mi away

12%139

Unity7.5 mi away

11%128

Latrobe4.5 mi away

11%127

Hempfield15.4 mi away

7%80

Greensburg12.9 mi away

5%60

Pittsburgh36.2 mi away

4%50

Derry (in town)right here

4%46

White23.6 mi away

2%22

North Huntingdon22.8 mi away

2%19

Burrell9.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%481

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

How far

How far Derry commutes

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

40%

29%

20%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derry is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Derry are

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

Jobs based in Derry

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Derry residents hold

1,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+166%

Jobs based in Derry, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 402. 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.