Work & commute · Fox Chapel

Work & commute in Fox Chapel, PA

Most working residents leave Fox Chapel for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (49%), O'Hara (5%) and McCandless (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 2,196 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,124 Fox Chapel residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 937 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox Chapel.

2,124live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

937work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox Chapel goes to work

Pittsburgh7.5 mi away

49%1,069

O'Hara2.1 mi away

5%103

Fox Chapel (in town)right here

3%72

McCandless8.1 mi away

2%42

Monroeville9.6 mi away

2%40

Cranberry17.1 mi away

1%29

Aspinwall2.4 mi away

1%28

Robinson13.7 mi away

1%26

Ross7.1 mi away

1%24

Indiana3.3 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%743

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

How far

How far Fox Chapel commutes

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

72%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox Chapel is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox Chapel are

1,009 jobs are based in Fox Chapel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fox Chapel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fox Chapel

1,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Fox Chapel residents hold

2,196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

−78%

Jobs based in Fox Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 4,530 → 1,009. 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.