Work & commute · Etna

Work & commute in Etna, PA

Most working residents leave Etna for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (33%), Ross (4%) and McCandless (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,591 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,514 Etna residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 1,349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Etna.

1,514live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

1,349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Etna goes to work

Pittsburgh4.1 mi away

33%532

Etna (in town)right here

5%77

Ross4.4 mi away

4%62

McCandless7.1 mi away

3%55

Shaler2.1 mi away

3%55

O'Hara3.9 mi away

3%52

Cranberry16.9 mi away

2%29

Hampton6.3 mi away

2%27

Monroeville11 mi away

1%22

Green Tree7.7 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%661

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

How far

How far Etna commutes

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

71%

18%

71%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Etna is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Etna are

1,426 jobs are based in Etna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Etna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Etna

1,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Etna residents hold

1,591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+43%

Jobs based in Etna, 2013 → 2023: 999 → 1,426. 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.