Work & commute · Plain Grove

Work & commute in Plain Grove, PA

Most working residents leave Plain Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (11%), Grove City (3%) and Pittsburgh (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 Plain Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plain Grove.

320live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plain Grove goes to work

New Castle11.7 mi away

11%37

Grove City6.3 mi away

3%11

Pittsburgh45.2 mi away

3%9

Jackson20.6 mi away

3%9

Springfield5.2 mi away

3%9

Moon39.5 mi away

2%8

Shenango11.8 mi away

2%8

Washington3.5 mi away

2%8

Scott4.7 mi away

2%8

Cranberry25.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%208

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

How far

How far Plain Grove commutes

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

23%

38%

23%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plain Grove is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plain Grove are

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

Jobs based in Plain Grove

75 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Plain Grove residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Plain Grove, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 75. 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.