Work & commute · Midland

Work & commute in Midland, PA

Most working residents leave Midland for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Moon (5%) and Beaver (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

110 of 968 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 858 Midland residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 1,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midland.

858live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

1,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midland goes to work

Midland (in town)right here

11%110

Pittsburgh28.5 mi away

9%88

Moon15.5 mi away

5%46

Beaver8.8 mi away

4%35

Center8.3 mi away

4%35

Brighton6.2 mi away

3%29

Rochester10.2 mi away

2%23

Findlay14.1 mi away

2%23

Vanport7.5 mi away

2%20

New Brighton10.4 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%542

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

How far

How far Midland commutes

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

34%

35%

21%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Midland are

1,133 jobs are based in Midland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midland

1,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Midland residents hold

968 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+15%

Jobs based in Midland, 2013 → 2023: 988 → 1,133. 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.