Work & commute · Mars

Work & commute in Mars, PA

Most working residents leave Mars for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (13%), Cranberry (10%) and Adams (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 636 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 624 Mars residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mars.

624live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mars goes to work

Pittsburgh17.9 mi away

13%81

Cranberry4.9 mi away

10%63

Adams1.5 mi away

8%53

McCandless8.1 mi away

3%22

Marshall6.2 mi away

3%21

Pine3.8 mi away

3%21

Butler11.6 mi away

3%20

Richland4.7 mi away

2%14

Mars (in town)right here

2%12

Hampton8.2 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%319

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

How far

How far Mars commutes

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

44%

39%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mars is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mars are

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

Jobs based in Mars

591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mars residents hold

636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−7%

Jobs based in Mars, 2013 → 2023: 637 → 591. 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.