Work & commute · McCandless

Work & commute in McCandless, PA

Most working residents leave McCandless for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (33%), Cranberry (4%) and Ross (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,337 of 13,829 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,492 McCandless residents head out of town to work, 1,337 work right here, and 13,000 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McCandless.

12,492live here, work elsewhere

1,337live and work here

13,000work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McCandless goes to work

Pittsburgh10 mi away

33%4,559

McCandless (in town)right here

10%1,337

Cranberry9.9 mi away

4%568

Ross3.7 mi away

4%532

Pine4.6 mi away

3%464

Moon10.7 mi away

2%259

Marshall6.3 mi away

2%249

Robinson10.1 mi away

2%229

Findlay15.1 mi away

1%202

Hampton3.9 mi away

1%187

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%5,243

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

How far

How far McCandless commutes

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

55%

34%

55%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McCandless is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McCandless are

14,337 jobs are based in McCandless. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McCandless’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McCandless

14,337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs McCandless residents hold

13,829 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+17%

Jobs based in McCandless, 2013 → 2023: 12,285 → 14,337. 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.