Work & commute · Petrolia

Work & commute in Petrolia, PA

Most working residents leave Petrolia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (13%), Butler (12%) and Jefferson (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 83 Petrolia residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petrolia.

83live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Petrolia goes to work

Pittsburgh42.4 mi away

13%11

Butler16 mi away

12%10

Jefferson17.2 mi away

6%5

Chicora4.9 mi away

5%4

Butler14.5 mi away

4%3

Clinton22.5 mi away

4%3

Fairview2.2 mi away

4%3

Sugarcreek7.7 mi away

4%3

New Castle32.8 mi away

2%2

Paint22.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%38

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

How far

How far Petrolia commutes

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

18%

42%

27%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Petrolia is a job hub

3.23jobs 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 Petrolia are

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

Jobs based in Petrolia

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Petrolia residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−46%

Jobs based in Petrolia, 2013 → 2023: 503 → 271. 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.