Work & commute · Plum

Work & commute in Plum, PA

Most working residents leave Plum for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (27%), Monroeville (8%) and Murrysville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,106 of 12,206 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,100 Plum residents head out of town to work, 1,106 work right here, and 5,037 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plum.

11,100live here, work elsewhere

1,106live and work here

5,037work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plum goes to work

Pittsburgh12.7 mi away

27%3,344

Plum (in town)right here

9%1,106

Monroeville5.3 mi away

8%926

Murrysville6.2 mi away

4%434

O'Hara6.7 mi away

3%326

Oakmont4.8 mi away

2%252

Ross14.6 mi away

1%126

Hempfield17.5 mi away

1%121

Cranberry23.6 mi away

1%108

Findlay28 mi away

1%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,357

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

How far

How far Plum commutes

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

44%

43%

44%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plum is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plum are

6,143 jobs are based in Plum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plum

6,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Plum residents hold

12,206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−13%

Jobs based in Plum, 2013 → 2023: 7,088 → 6,143. 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.