Work & commute · Moon

Work & commute in Moon, PA

Most working residents leave Moon for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (20%), Findlay (6%) and Robinson (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,655 of 11,523 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,868 Moon residents head out of town to work, 1,655 work right here, and 17,891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moon.

9,868live here, work elsewhere

1,655live and work here

17,891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moon goes to work

Pittsburgh13.1 mi away

20%2,358

Moon (in town)right here

14%1,655

Findlay4.4 mi away

6%744

Robinson5.3 mi away

5%633

Cranberry14.8 mi away

3%296

North Fayette6.2 mi away

2%286

Green Tree10.3 mi away

1%172

Sewickley2.6 mi away

1%149

McCandless10.7 mi away

1%147

Ross9.7 mi away

1%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,936

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

How far

How far Moon commutes

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

44%

42%

44%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moon is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moon are

19,546 jobs are based in Moon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moon

19,546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Moon residents hold

11,523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−17%

Jobs based in Moon, 2013 → 2023: 23,671 → 19,546. 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.