Work & commute · Indiana

Work & commute in Indiana, PA

Most working residents leave Indiana for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are White (22%), Pittsburgh (5%) and Burrell (1%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

722 of 4,172 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,450 Indiana residents head out of town to work, 722 work right here, and 4,968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indiana.

3,450live here, work elsewhere

722live and work here

4,968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indiana goes to work

White2.5 mi away

22%900

Indiana (in town)right here

17%722

Pittsburgh44.9 mi away

5%219

Burrell12.3 mi away

1%58

Cranberry50.2 mi away

1%45

Hempfield32.6 mi away

1%38

Center5.7 mi away

1%37

Richland28.4 mi away

1%33

Monroeville34.6 mi away

1%29

Johnstown23.9 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,063

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

How far

How far Indiana commutes

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

42%

27%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indiana is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indiana are

5,690 jobs are based in Indiana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indiana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indiana

5,690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Indiana residents hold

4,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−21%

Jobs based in Indiana, 2013 → 2023: 7,198 → 5,690. 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.