Work & commute · Economy

Work & commute in Economy, PA

Most working residents leave Economy for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cranberry (11%), Pittsburgh (9%) and Marshall (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 3,830 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,742 Economy residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 913 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Economy.

3,742live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

913work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Economy goes to work

Cranberry6.2 mi away

11%429

Pittsburgh17.9 mi away

9%345

Marshall4 mi away

5%174

Pine7.7 mi away

3%132

Moon9.3 mi away

3%125

Findlay12.5 mi away

3%107

McCandless9.5 mi away

3%106

Economy (in town)right here

2%88

Robinson13.1 mi away

2%86

Ambridge4.2 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,154

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

How far

How far Economy commutes

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

47%

38%

10%

47%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Economy is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Economy are

1,001 jobs are based in Economy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Economy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Economy

1,001 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Economy residents hold

3,830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+64%

Jobs based in Economy, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 1,001. 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.