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Work & commute in Pymatuning South · Balanced

98% of Pymatuning South’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Pymatuning South for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hermitage (6%), Linesville (5%) and Jamestown (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Work in town
2%
2 of 125 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
26 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
8%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
103
Balanced
Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 123 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.

123live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
101work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night370
Workday350
370live here− 120head out to work+ 100come in to work= 350on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.82jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

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

The commute map

6% of working residents work in Hermitage

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

CampbellYoungstownLinesville: 6 residents work here (5%)Jamestown: 5 residents work here (4%)SaegertownGreenville: 5 residents work here (4%)Meadville: 4 residents work here (3%)New CastleErie: 5 residents work here (4%)Hermitage: 7 residents work here (6%)Vernon: 5 residents work here (4%)West ShenangoNew Vernon: 4 residents work here (3%)Sandy CreekWest Salem: 5 residents work here (4%)South Shenango: 5 residents work here (4%)MasuryPymatuning SouthHermitageLinesvilleJamestownGreenvilleErieVernonPymatuning South
1
Hermitage18.7 mi away
6%7
2
Linesville11 mi away
5%6
3
Jamestown1.9 mi away
4%5
4
Greenville7.9 mi away
4%5
5
Erie47.2 mi away
4%5
6
Vernon15.6 mi away
4%5
7
West Salem6.8 mi away
4%5
8
South Shenango2.6 mi away
4%5
9
Meadville19.4 mi away
3%4
10
New Vernon18.1 mi away
3%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%74
The top trips

Where Pymatuning South clocks in

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

How far

Half of Pymatuning South commutes less than 19 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 mi55 miHermitage: 6% · 18.7 miLinesville: 5% · 11 miJamestown: 4% · 1.9 miGreenville: 4% · 7.9 miErie: 4% · 47.2 miVernon: 4% · 15.6 miWest Salem: 4% · 6.8 miSouth Shenango: 4% · 2.6 miMeadville: 3% · 19.4 miNew Vernon: 3% · 18.1 miHermitage 6%Linesville 5%Jamestown 4%Greenville 4%Erie 4%Pymatuning South
Pymatuning SouthTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi30 residents
40%10–24 mi50 residents
15%25–50 mi19 residents
20%Over 50 mi25 residents

About 20% 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

Pymatuning South makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in Pymatuning SouthJobs Pymatuning South residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms44%28%
Trade, transport & utilities8%20%
Services: health, schools, offices49%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%29%
Over $3,333 a month50%51%

Who does it

29 or younger19%21%
30 to 5461%54%
55 and older19%25%
+124%

Jobs based in Pymatuning South, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 103. 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.

Time on the road

About 26 minutes each way, about the PA average

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

A year of commuting
200 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pymatuning South26 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

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

About 1 in 10
Next door

Pymatuning South and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to South Shenango (4%). Darker towns draw more of Pymatuning South’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

West Shenango25 min
Jamestown26 min
Pymatuning South26 min
South Shenango33 min
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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