Work & commute · North Buffalo

Work & commute in North Buffalo, PA

Most working residents leave North Buffalo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (10%), East Franklin (7%) and Buffalo (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 1,197 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,186 North Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Buffalo.

1,186live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Buffalo goes to work

Pittsburgh30.7 mi away

10%123

East Franklin6.2 mi away

7%78

Buffalo8.7 mi away

5%63

Kittanning5.5 mi away

4%48

South Buffalo4.4 mi away

3%38

Butler16.1 mi away

3%36

O'Hara24.3 mi away

3%35

Harrison11.7 mi away

3%32

Butler17.4 mi away

2%22

Jefferson11.9 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%701

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

How far

How far North Buffalo commutes

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

26%

33%

29%

12%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Buffalo is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Buffalo are

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

Jobs based in North Buffalo

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs North Buffalo residents hold

1,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−13%

Jobs based in North Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 216. 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.