Work & commute · Kittanning

Work & commute in Kittanning, PA

Most working residents leave Kittanning for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are East Franklin (12%), Pittsburgh (5%) and Manor (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

221 of 1,565 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,344 Kittanning residents head out of town to work, 221 work right here, and 1,658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kittanning.

1,344live here, work elsewhere

221live and work here

1,658work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kittanning goes to work

Kittanning (in town)right here

14%221

East Franklin3.4 mi away

12%181

Pittsburgh36 mi away

5%78

Manor4.4 mi away

5%74

Ford City4.2 mi away

3%43

Rayburn1.7 mi away

2%34

Butler19.9 mi away

2%29

Jefferson16.6 mi away

2%24

Cranberry31.8 mi away

1%23

Buffalo14.2 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%837

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

How far

How far Kittanning commutes

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

41%

17%

28%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kittanning is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kittanning are

1,879 jobs are based in Kittanning. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kittanning’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kittanning

1,879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Kittanning residents hold

1,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+11%

Jobs based in Kittanning, 2013 → 2023: 1,693 → 1,879. 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.