Work & commute · O'Hara

Work & commute in O'Hara, PA

Most working residents leave O'Hara for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (44%), Ross (2%) and Fox Chapel (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

299 of 4,050 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,751 O'Hara residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 12,837 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in O'Hara.

3,751live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

12,837work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where O'Hara goes to work

Pittsburgh6.6 mi away

44%1,771

O'Hara (in town)right here

7%299

Ross8.1 mi away

2%71

Fox Chapel2.1 mi away

2%66

Cranberry19.1 mi away

2%64

McCandless9.8 mi away

1%54

Blawnox0.9 mi away

1%53

Monroeville7.7 mi away

1%48

Sharpsburg2.4 mi away

1%46

Indiana5.3 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,534

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

How far

How far O'Hara commutes

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

72%

18%

72%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

O'Hara is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in O'Hara are

13,136 jobs are based in O'Hara. Here is what they are, next to the jobs O'Hara’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in O'Hara

13,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs O'Hara residents hold

4,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−8%

Jobs based in O'Hara, 2013 → 2023: 14,249 → 13,136. 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.