Work & commute · Oliver

Work & commute in Oliver, PA

Most working residents leave Oliver for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are North Union (15%), South Union (9%) and Uniontown (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 940 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 877 Oliver residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 1,589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oliver.

877live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

1,589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oliver goes to work

North Union2.2 mi away

15%142

South Union3.1 mi away

9%87

Uniontown1.1 mi away

8%75

Pittsburgh38.7 mi away

4%39

Georges6 mi away

2%23

Morgantown, WV22.6 mi away

2%19

Menallen3.5 mi away

2%18

Hempfield26.3 mi away

2%15

Wharton11 mi away

2%15

Connellsville9.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%493

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

How far

How far Oliver commutes

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

42%

16%

27%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oliver is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oliver are

1,652 jobs are based in Oliver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oliver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oliver

1,652 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Oliver residents hold

940 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−1%

Jobs based in Oliver, 2013 → 2023: 1,667 → 1,652. 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.