Work & commute · Monongahela

Work & commute in Monongahela, PA

Most working residents leave Monongahela for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Carroll (8%), Pittsburgh (4%) and Bethel Park (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,584 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,495 Monongahela residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 779 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monongahela.

1,495live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

779work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monongahela goes to work

Carroll1 mi away

8%128

Monongahela (in town)right here

6%89

Pittsburgh17.4 mi away

4%70

Bethel Park11 mi away

3%49

Washington17.2 mi away

3%47

Rostraver6.4 mi away

3%47

Monessen3.4 mi away

3%41

Charleroi3.9 mi away

3%40

West Mifflin11.5 mi away

2%37

Peters10.1 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%999

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

How far

How far Monongahela commutes

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

42%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monongahela is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Monongahela are

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

Jobs based in Monongahela

868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Monongahela residents hold

1,584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−32%

Jobs based in Monongahela, 2013 → 2023: 1,269 → 868. 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.