Work & commute · Emlenton

Work & commute in Emlenton, PA

Most working residents leave Emlenton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cranberry (9%), Franklin (6%) and Scrubgrass (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 243 Emlenton residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emlenton.

243live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emlenton goes to work

Cranberry12.6 mi away

9%23

Franklin15.4 mi away

6%14

Scrubgrass4.1 mi away

5%12

Emlenton (in town)right here

3%8

Oil City17.2 mi away

2%6

Paint16.2 mi away

2%6

Beaver9.8 mi away

2%6

Allegheny3.3 mi away

2%6

Cherry13.8 mi away

2%5

St. Petersburg3.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%161

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

How far

How far Emlenton commutes

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

20%

40%

15%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emlenton is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emlenton are

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

Jobs based in Emlenton

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Emlenton residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−27%

Jobs based in Emlenton, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 166. 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.