Work & commute · McKeesport

Work & commute in McKeesport, PA

Most working residents leave McKeesport for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (23%), Monroeville (4%) and West Mifflin (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

773 of 6,573 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,800 McKeesport residents head out of town to work, 773 work right here, and 4,544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKeesport.

5,800live here, work elsewhere

773live and work here

4,544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKeesport goes to work

Pittsburgh9.6 mi away

23%1,540

McKeesport (in town)right here

12%773

Monroeville7.3 mi away

4%248

West Mifflin3.4 mi away

3%216

North Huntingdon6 mi away

2%125

White Oak2.6 mi away

2%124

Hempfield14.3 mi away

1%97

North Versailles3 mi away

1%89

Homestead5.7 mi away

1%87

Bethel Park10.2 mi away

1%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%3,194

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

How far

How far McKeesport commutes

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

54%

32%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKeesport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McKeesport are

5,317 jobs are based in McKeesport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKeesport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McKeesport

5,317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs McKeesport residents hold

6,573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−24%

Jobs based in McKeesport, 2013 → 2023: 6,991 → 5,317. 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.