Work & commute · Emsworth

Work & commute in Emsworth, PA

Most working residents leave Emsworth for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (29%), Ohio (4%) and McCandless (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,297 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,252 Emsworth residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emsworth.

1,252live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emsworth goes to work

Pittsburgh8 mi away

29%378

Ohio2.2 mi away

4%52

McCandless6 mi away

4%48

Emsworth (in town)right here

3%45

Ross3.9 mi away

3%42

Cranberry13.8 mi away

3%40

Moon5.9 mi away

3%39

Robinson4.2 mi away

2%32

Findlay10 mi away

2%31

Aleppo2.9 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%562

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

How far

How far Emsworth commutes

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

66%

24%

66%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emsworth is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emsworth are

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

Jobs based in Emsworth

580 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Emsworth residents hold

1,297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−35%

Jobs based in Emsworth, 2013 → 2023: 890 → 580. 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.