Work & commute · East Deer

Work & commute in East Deer, PA

Most working residents leave East Deer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (18%), O'Hara (5%) and Tarentum (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 755 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 740 East Deer residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Deer.

740live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Deer goes to work

Pittsburgh14.6 mi away

18%137

O'Hara8.1 mi away

5%34

Tarentum1.6 mi away

4%29

West Deer5.3 mi away

3%23

Oakmont5.7 mi away

3%21

Harmar4.7 mi away

2%18

New Kensington2.1 mi away

2%16

Frazer1.2 mi away

2%16

East Deer (in town)right here

2%15

McCandless12.8 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%433

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

How far

How far East Deer commutes

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

41%

47%

41%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Deer is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Deer are

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

Jobs based in East Deer

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs East Deer residents hold

755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−68%

Jobs based in East Deer, 2013 → 2023: 821 → 265. 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.