Work & commute · North Strabane

Work & commute in North Strabane, PA

Most working residents leave North Strabane for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (16%), Cecil (8%) and Peters (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

624 of 7,680 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,056 North Strabane residents head out of town to work, 624 work right here, and 7,667 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Strabane.

7,056live here, work elsewhere

624live and work here

7,667work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Strabane goes to work

Pittsburgh17.4 mi away

16%1,204

Cecil6.2 mi away

8%630

North Strabane (in town)right here

8%624

Peters4.9 mi away

5%421

Washington6.2 mi away

4%324

Canonsburg3.2 mi away

3%235

South Strabane4.2 mi away

3%204

Chartiers5.4 mi away

2%190

Bethel Park9.1 mi away

2%183

Robinson16 mi away

2%147

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,518

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

How far

How far North Strabane commutes

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

43%

40%

43%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Strabane is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Strabane are

8,291 jobs are based in North Strabane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Strabane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Strabane

8,291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs North Strabane residents hold

7,680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in North Strabane, 2013 → 2023: 7,177 → 8,291. 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.