Work & commute · Lower Burrell

Work & commute in Lower Burrell, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Burrell for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (18%), O'Hara (4%) and New Kensington (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 5,298 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,900 Lower Burrell residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 1,794 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Burrell.

4,900live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

1,794work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Burrell goes to work

Pittsburgh16.8 mi away

18%928

Lower Burrell (in town)right here

8%398

O'Hara10.2 mi away

4%212

New Kensington2 mi away

4%197

Monroeville11.1 mi away

3%144

Harrison3.7 mi away

3%142

Upper Burrell3.4 mi away

2%128

Harmar7.3 mi away

2%108

Plum5.8 mi away

2%94

Tarentum2.7 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,859

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

How far

How far Lower Burrell commutes

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

39%

44%

39%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Burrell is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Burrell are

2,192 jobs are based in Lower Burrell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Burrell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Burrell

2,192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lower Burrell residents hold

5,298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−13%

Jobs based in Lower Burrell, 2013 → 2023: 2,514 → 2,192. 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.