Work & commute · Parks

Work & commute in Parks, PA

Most working residents leave Parks for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Allegheny (5%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,109 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,047 Parks residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parks.

1,047live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parks goes to work

Pittsburgh26.3 mi away

9%105

Parks (in town)right here

6%62

Allegheny5.1 mi away

5%51

Washington9.1 mi away

4%43

Upper Burrell9.2 mi away

4%43

Vandergrift3.2 mi away

4%40

Monroeville18.6 mi away

3%31

Murrysville14.9 mi away

3%31

O'Hara19.8 mi away

2%21

New Kensington11.7 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%662

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

How far

How far Parks commutes

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

31%

39%

18%

12%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parks is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parks are

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

Jobs based in Parks

751 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Parks residents hold

1,109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+25%

Jobs based in Parks, 2013 → 2023: 602 → 751. 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.