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Work & commute in Pinegrove · A commuter town

98% of Pinegrove’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Pinegrove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oil City (16%), Cranberry (11%) and Franklin (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Work in town
2%
9 of 487 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
7%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
86
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Pinegrove?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

16% of working residents work in Oil City

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

RousevilleClarion: 9 residents work here (2%)Titusville: 16 residents work here (3%)Oil City: 79 residents work here (16%)Franklin: 40 residents work here (8%)Sugarcreek: 25 residents work here (5%)Pittsburgh: 14 residents work here (3%)ElkPresidentCranberry: 54 residents work here (11%)Sandycreek: 10 residents work here (2%)Cornplanter: 15 residents work here (3%)AshlandPinegroveWashingtonOil CityCranberryFranklinSugarcreekTitusvilleCornplanterPinegrove
1
Oil City9.5 mi away
16%79
2
Cranberry7.9 mi away
11%54
3
Franklin15 mi away
8%40
4
Sugarcreek15.6 mi away
5%25
5
Titusville19 mi away
3%16
6
Cornplanter11 mi away
3%15
7
Pittsburgh68.1 mi away
3%14
8
Sandycreek15.4 mi away
2%10
9
Clarion13.9 mi away
2%9
10
Pinegrove (in town)right here
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%216
The top trips

Where Pinegrove clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
249 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pinegrove33 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Pinegrove workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Pinegrove quiets down on a workday

On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.

478live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
77work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday870
1,300live here− 480head out to work+ 77come in to work= 870on a workday

About 870 people are in Pinegrove on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Pinegrove commutes less than 16 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOil City: 16% · 9.5 miCranberry: 11% · 7.9 miFranklin: 8% · 15 miSugarcreek: 5% · 15.6 miTitusville: 3% · 19 miCornplanter: 3% · 11 miPittsburgh: 3% · 68.1 miSandycreek: 2% · 15.4 miClarion: 2% · 13.9 miOil City 16%Cranberry 11%Franklin 8%Sugarcreek 5%Titusville 3%Pinegrove
PinegroveTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi123 residents
36%10–24 mi173 residents
11%25–50 mi53 residents
28%Over 50 mi137 residents

About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

74% of the jobs in Pinegrove pay over $3,333 a month

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

Jobs based in PinegroveJobs Pinegrove residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms17%24%
Trade, transport & utilities74%19%
Services: health, schools, offices8%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%27%
Over $3,333 a month74%59%

Who does it

29 or younger16%20%
30 to 5457%53%
55 and older27%27%
−20%

Jobs based in Pinegrove, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 86. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

11% of Pinegrove works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Cranberry (11%). Darker towns draw more of Pinegrove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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