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Work & commute in Joffre · A commuter town

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

Most working residents leave Joffre for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (14%), Smith (10%) and Findlay (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Work in town
1%
1 of 174 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
30 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
27%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
94
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Joffre?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% 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.

MidwayWashington: 5 residents work here (3%)Pittsburgh: 25 residents work here (14%)Weirton: 6 residents work here (3%)Yellow CreekSt. ClairWayneMount PleasantRobinson: 10 residents work here (6%)Moon: 4 residents work here (2%)East BethlehemCecil: 8 residents work here (5%)South Strabane: 4 residents work here (2%)Findlay: 13 residents work here (7%)IndependenceNorth Fayette: 4 residents work here (2%)Smith: 18 residents work here (10%)JoffreBulgerPittsburghSmithFindlayRobinsonCecilWeirtonJoffre
1
Pittsburgh20.3 mi away
14%25
2
Smith1.5 mi away
10%18
3
Findlay7.7 mi away
7%13
4
Robinson12.7 mi away
6%10
5
Cecil9.9 mi away
5%8
6
Weirton, WV11.2 mi away
3%6
7
Washington15.3 mi away
3%5
8
Moon11.7 mi away
2%4
9
South Strabane16.9 mi away
2%4
10
North Fayette7.3 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%77
The top trips

Where Joffre clocks in

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

Time on the road

About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

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

A year of commuting
233 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Joffre30 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
27%

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

About 3 in 10
Day and night

Joffre quiets down on a workday

On a workday 173 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.

173live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
93work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night610
Workday530
610live here− 170head out to work+ 93come in to work= 530on a workday

About 530 people are in Joffre on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.54jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.54 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 Joffre commutes less than 15 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: 14% · 20.3 miSmith: 10% · 1.5 miFindlay: 7% · 7.7 miRobinson: 6% · 12.7 miCecil: 5% · 9.9 miWeirton: 3% · 11.2 miWashington: 3% · 15.3 miMoon: 2% · 11.7 miSouth Strabane: 2% · 16.9 miNorth Fayette: 2% · 7.3 miPittsburgh 14%Smith 10%Findlay 7%Robinson 6%Cecil 5%Joffre
JoffreTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi41 residents
60%10–24 mi104 residents
6%25–50 mi11 residents
10%Over 50 mi17 residents

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

The jobs

Joffre makes things: 85% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in JoffreJobs Joffre residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms85%20%
Trade, transport & utilities1%20%
Services: health, schools, offices14%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month5%26%
Over $3,333 a month90%62%

Who does it

29 or younger16%17%
30 to 5457%53%
55 and older27%30%
+840%

Jobs based in Joffre, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 94. 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.

Next door

Joffre and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Joffre’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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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