Work & commute · Pittsburgh

Work & commute in Pittsburgh, PA

55% of Pittsburgh’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Ross (2%), Robinson (2%) and Monroeville (1%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55%

65,936 of 120,511 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 54,575 Pittsburgh residents head out of town to work, 65,936 work right here, and 216,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsburgh.

54,575live here, work elsewhere

65,936live and work here

216,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsburgh goes to work

Pittsburgh (in town)right here

55%65,936

Ross6.5 mi away

2%1,892

Robinson8.4 mi away

2%1,879

Monroeville11.3 mi away

1%1,557

Moon13.1 mi away

1%1,515

Green Tree4.4 mi away

1%1,481

Findlay16.3 mi away

1%1,447

McCandless10 mi away

1%1,253

O'Hara6.6 mi away

1%1,226

West Mifflin6.8 mi away

1%1,130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%41,195

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

How far

How far Pittsburgh commutes

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

76%

13%

76%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsburgh is a job hub

2.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsburgh are

282,704 jobs are based in Pittsburgh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittsburgh

282,704 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Pittsburgh residents hold

120,511 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5%

Jobs based in Pittsburgh, 2013 → 2023: 269,954 → 282,704. 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.