Work & commute · Potter

Work & commute in Potter, PA

Most working residents leave Potter for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (8%), Center (7%) and Moon (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 199 Potter residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 1,067 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potter.

199live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

1,067work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potter goes to work

Pittsburgh24.5 mi away

8%17

Center2.9 mi away

7%14

Moon12.2 mi away

6%12

Findlay12.2 mi away

4%8

Robinson17.4 mi away

3%7

Hopewell5.8 mi away

3%7

Brighton4.2 mi away

3%6

Cranberry13.8 mi away

3%6

Ambridge7.7 mi away

2%5

Aliquippa5.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%116

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

How far

How far Potter commutes

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

37%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potter is a job hub

5.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potter are

1,071 jobs are based in Potter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Potter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Potter

1,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Potter residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−19%

Jobs based in Potter, 2013 → 2023: 1,315 → 1,071. 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.