Work & commute · Rankin

Work & commute in Rankin, PA

Most working residents leave Rankin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (38%), Monroeville (3%) and Swissvale (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 575 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 570 Rankin residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rankin.

570live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rankin goes to work

Pittsburgh5.2 mi away

38%220

Monroeville6.5 mi away

3%16

Swissvale0.5 mi away

2%11

Wilkinsburg2.2 mi away

2%9

West Mifflin4 mi away

2%9

Ross10.8 mi away

2%9

Homestead1.5 mi away

1%8

Philadelphia252.1 mi away

1%8

Forest Hills1.7 mi away

1%7

Braddock1.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%272

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

How far

How far Rankin commutes

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

67%

17%

13%

67%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rankin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rankin are

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

Jobs based in Rankin

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Rankin residents hold

575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+43%

Jobs based in Rankin, 2013 → 2023: 371 → 531. 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.