Work & commute · Girard

Work & commute in Girard, PA

Most working residents leave Girard for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Erie (23%), Fairview (14%) and Millcreek (13%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,307 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,231 Girard residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Girard.

1,231live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Girard goes to work

Erie14.8 mi away

23%303

Fairview4.5 mi away

14%177

Millcreek11.7 mi away

13%175

Lake City1.7 mi away

9%114

Girard (in town)right here

6%76

Summit14.1 mi away

4%55

Girard1.5 mi away

3%36

Pittsburgh109.5 mi away

2%29

Harborcreek21.1 mi away

1%14

McKean9.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%314

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

How far

How far Girard commutes

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

39%

41%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Girard is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Girard are

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

Jobs based in Girard

879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Girard residents hold

1,307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Girard, 2013 → 2023: 994 → 879. 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.