Work & commute · Latrobe

Work & commute in Latrobe, PA

Most working residents leave Latrobe for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Unity (16%), Hempfield (8%) and Derry (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

501 of 3,617 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,116 Latrobe residents head out of town to work, 501 work right here, and 3,663 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Latrobe.

3,116live here, work elsewhere

501live and work here

3,663work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Latrobe goes to work

Unity3.2 mi away

16%572

Latrobe (in town)right here

14%501

Hempfield10.9 mi away

8%287

Derry5.7 mi away

6%233

Greensburg8.5 mi away

6%226

Pittsburgh32.4 mi away

5%174

North Huntingdon18.5 mi away

1%46

Monroeville21.4 mi away

1%43

Mount Pleasant10.2 mi away

1%43

Murrysville17.1 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,455

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

How far

How far Latrobe commutes

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

52%

19%

20%

52%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Latrobe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Latrobe are

4,164 jobs are based in Latrobe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Latrobe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Latrobe

4,164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Latrobe residents hold

3,617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−19%

Jobs based in Latrobe, 2013 → 2023: 5,155 → 4,164. 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.