Work & commute · Heidelberg

Work & commute in Heidelberg, PA

Most working residents leave Heidelberg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (24%), Scott (6%) and Collier (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 650 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 626 Heidelberg residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heidelberg.

626live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heidelberg goes to work

Pittsburgh7 mi away

24%154

Scott0.7 mi away

6%41

Collier2.3 mi away

5%31

Robinson5.1 mi away

4%27

Heidelberg (in town)right here

4%24

Moon10.2 mi away

4%23

North Fayette7.2 mi away

3%21

Green Tree2.7 mi away

3%18

South Fayette4.8 mi away

2%15

West Mifflin10.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%282

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

How far

How far Heidelberg commutes

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

71%

18%

71%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heidelberg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Heidelberg are

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

Jobs based in Heidelberg

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Heidelberg residents hold

650 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 506. 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.