Work & commute · McKees Rocks

Work & commute in McKees Rocks, PA

Most working residents leave McKees Rocks for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (30%), Robinson (5%) and Moon (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 2,268 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,169 McKees Rocks residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 2,343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKees Rocks.

2,169live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

2,343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKees Rocks goes to work

Pittsburgh5 mi away

30%674

Robinson3.8 mi away

5%112

McKees Rocks (in town)right here

4%99

Moon8.1 mi away

3%66

Stowe0.8 mi away

2%55

Kennedy2.1 mi away

2%54

Findlay11.5 mi away

2%42

North Fayette9.1 mi away

2%42

Ross4.4 mi away

2%39

Green Tree3.6 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,052

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

How far

How far McKees Rocks commutes

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

69%

17%

11%

69%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKees Rocks is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McKees Rocks are

2,442 jobs are based in McKees Rocks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKees Rocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McKees Rocks

2,442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs McKees Rocks residents hold

2,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−11%

Jobs based in McKees Rocks, 2013 → 2023: 2,737 → 2,442. 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.