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Work & commute in Harwick · A commuter town

99% of Harwick’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Harwick for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (21%), Harmar (6%) and O'Hara (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
1%
4 of 447 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
23 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
56
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Harwick?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

21% of working residents work in Pittsburgh

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Blawnox: 7 residents work here (2%)BrackenridgeSpringdaleOakmont: 12 residents work here (3%)West MifflinMonroeville: 15 residents work here (3%)Pittsburgh: 93 residents work here (21%)West Deer: 8 residents work here (2%)PennO'Hara: 23 residents work here (5%)Cranberry: 13 residents work here (3%)McCandless: 9 residents work here (2%)Harmar: 28 residents work here (6%)SpringdaleIndiana: 8 residents work here (2%)HarrisonFrazerFawnHarwickPittsburghHarmarO'HaraMonroevilleCranberryOakmontHarwick
1
Pittsburgh12 mi away
21%93
2
Harmar2.3 mi away
6%28
3
O'Hara5.5 mi away
5%23
4
Monroeville9.3 mi away
3%15
5
Cranberry19 mi away
3%13
6
Oakmont3 mi away
3%12
7
McCandless11.7 mi away
2%9
8
West Deer6.3 mi away
2%8
9
Indiana3.8 mi away
2%8
10
Blawnox5.2 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%231
The top trips

Where Harwick clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Harwick quiets down on a workday

On a workday 443 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.

443live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
52work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night900
Workday510
900live here− 440head out to work+ 52come in to work= 510on a workday

About 510 people are in Harwick on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Harwick commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPittsburgh: 21% · 12 miHarmar: 6% · 2.3 miO'Hara: 5% · 5.5 miMonroeville: 3% · 9.3 miCranberry: 3% · 19 miOakmont: 3% · 3 miMcCandless: 2% · 11.7 miWest Deer: 2% · 6.3 miIndiana: 2% · 3.8 miBlawnox: 2% · 5.2 miPittsburgh 21%Harmar 6%O'Hara 5%Monroeville 3%Cranberry 3%Harwick
HarwickTop destinations (size = commuters)
45%Under 10 mi201 residents
42%10–24 mi189 residents
4%25–50 mi19 residents
9%Over 50 mi38 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in HarwickJobs Harwick residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms2%17%
Trade, transport & utilities16%19%
Services: health, schools, offices82%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less23%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%21%
Over $3,333 a month52%65%

Who does it

29 or younger13%18%
30 to 5450%49%
55 and older38%33%
−42%

Jobs based in Harwick, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
176 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Harwick23 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Harwick workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

Harwick and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Harmar (6%). Darker towns draw more of Harwick’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Harwick23 min
Harmar25 min
Frazer26 min
Springdale27 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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