Work & commute · Eau Claire

Work & commute in Eau Claire, PA

Most working residents leave Eau Claire for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (12%), Cherry (12%) and Pittsburgh (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 137 Eau Claire residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eau Claire.

137live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eau Claire goes to work

Butler20.8 mi away

12%17

Cherry8.2 mi away

12%17

Pittsburgh49 mi away

11%15

Cranberry33.6 mi away

7%9

Clay12.1 mi away

4%6

Slippery Rock13.2 mi away

3%4

Pine13.7 mi away

3%4

Slippery Rock14.3 mi away

2%3

Butler19.7 mi away

2%3

Union32.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%56

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

How far

How far Eau Claire commutes

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

18%

39%

34%

18%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eau Claire is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eau Claire are

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

Jobs based in Eau Claire

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Eau Claire residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−30%

Jobs based in Eau Claire, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 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.