Work & commute · Kennedy

Work & commute in Kennedy, PA

Most working residents leave Kennedy for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (30%), Robinson (8%) and Moon (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

158 of 4,249 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,091 Kennedy residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 3,407 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennedy.

4,091live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

3,407work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennedy goes to work

Pittsburgh7.1 mi away

30%1,269

Robinson2.1 mi away

8%361

Kennedy (in town)right here

4%158

Moon6 mi away

3%144

Findlay9.4 mi away

3%127

North Fayette7.5 mi away

3%109

Cranberry16.1 mi away

2%99

McKees Rocks2.1 mi away

2%65

Green Tree4.8 mi away

2%64

Ross5.3 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,790

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

How far

How far Kennedy commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennedy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennedy are

3,565 jobs are based in Kennedy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennedy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kennedy

3,565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Kennedy residents hold

4,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+1%

Jobs based in Kennedy, 2013 → 2023: 3,513 → 3,565. 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.