Work & commute · Jenks

Work & commute in Jenks, PA

Most working residents leave Jenks for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (5%), Erie (3%) and Barnett (2%). Half commute less than 70 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

82 of 673 working residents

Typical commute

70 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 591 Jenks residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jenks.

591live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jenks goes to work

Jenks (in town)right here

12%82

Pittsburgh85.2 mi away

5%31

Erie66.8 mi away

3%17

Barnett8.1 mi away

2%14

Brookville22 mi away

1%10

Clarion23.7 mi away

1%9

Paint23 mi away

1%9

Philadelphia231 mi away

1%8

Millcreek67.2 mi away

1%8

Sheffield15.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%477

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

How far

How far Jenks commutes

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

14%

11%

62%

14%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

62%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jenks is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jenks are

1,120 jobs are based in Jenks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jenks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jenks

1,120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Jenks residents hold

673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+24%

Jobs based in Jenks, 2013 → 2023: 901 → 1,120. 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.