Work & commute · Mercer

Work & commute in Mercer, PA

Most working residents leave Mercer for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pine (7%), Grove City (6%) and Hermitage (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 653 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 595 Mercer residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 1,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mercer.

595live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

1,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mercer goes to work

Mercer (in town)right here

9%58

Pine10 mi away

7%47

Grove City9.1 mi away

6%40

Hermitage10.7 mi away

5%32

Springfield5.8 mi away

3%22

East Lackawannock2.4 mi away

3%21

Sharon13.7 mi away

3%18

Findley3.6 mi away

2%14

Pittsburgh56 mi away

2%12

Coolspring3.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%377

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

How far

How far Mercer commutes

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

36%

29%

13%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mercer is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mercer are

1,264 jobs are based in Mercer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mercer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mercer

1,264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mercer residents hold

653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−12%

Jobs based in Mercer, 2013 → 2023: 1,438 → 1,264. 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.