Work & commute · Glassport

Work & commute in Glassport, PA

Most working residents leave Glassport for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (21%), West Mifflin (8%) and McKeesport (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 1,766 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,694 Glassport residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glassport.

1,694live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glassport goes to work

Pittsburgh9.2 mi away

21%373

West Mifflin2.4 mi away

8%140

McKeesport2.4 mi away

4%73

Glassport (in town)right here

4%72

Monroeville9.6 mi away

3%55

Jefferson Hills3.6 mi away

3%48

Elizabeth5.4 mi away

2%34

Pleasant Hills3.9 mi away

2%31

Hempfield16.2 mi away

2%30

Robinson15.9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%885

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

How far

How far Glassport commutes

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

57%

30%

57%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glassport is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glassport are

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

Jobs based in Glassport

585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Glassport residents hold

1,766 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−29%

Jobs based in Glassport, 2013 → 2023: 822 → 585. 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.