Work & commute · Mount Pleasant

Work & commute in Mount Pleasant, PA

Most working residents leave Mount Pleasant for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (10%), Cecil (5%) and Robinson (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 1,505 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,383 Mount Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Pleasant.

1,383live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Pleasant goes to work

Pittsburgh19.7 mi away

10%148

Mount Pleasant (in town)right here

8%122

Cecil6.2 mi away

5%79

Robinson13.9 mi away

5%68

Washington9.5 mi away

4%54

South Strabane11.1 mi away

3%46

Chartiers4.7 mi away

3%46

South Fayette8.1 mi away

3%45

North Strabane9.7 mi away

3%40

Findlay12.1 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%818

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

How far

How far Mount Pleasant commutes

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

36%

43%

11%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Pleasant is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Pleasant are

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

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Mount Pleasant residents hold

1,505 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−17%

Jobs based in Mount Pleasant, 2013 → 2023: 724 → 604. 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.