Work & commute · Forward

Work & commute in Forward, PA

Most working residents leave Forward for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cranberry (11%), Pittsburgh (10%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,531 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,474 Forward residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forward.

1,474live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forward goes to work

Cranberry6.4 mi away

11%166

Pittsburgh23.6 mi away

10%160

Jackson4.4 mi away

5%71

Adams4.4 mi away

4%60

Forward (in town)right here

4%57

Evans City1.8 mi away

3%51

Butler7.2 mi away

3%49

Zelienople5.9 mi away

3%46

Marshall10.3 mi away

3%40

McCandless13.8 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%792

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

How far

How far Forward commutes

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

44%

35%

12%

44%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forward is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forward are

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

Jobs based in Forward

627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Forward residents hold

1,531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−21%

Jobs based in Forward, 2013 → 2023: 796 → 627. 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.