Work & commute · Rochester

Work & commute in Rochester, PA

Most working residents leave Rochester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (7%), Cranberry (6%) and Center (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,504 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,459 Rochester residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 1,012 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rochester.

1,459live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

1,012work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rochester goes to work

Pittsburgh24.3 mi away

7%112

Cranberry9.3 mi away

6%96

Center3.8 mi away

5%82

Brighton5.1 mi away

3%50

Moon13.9 mi away

3%48

Beaver1.4 mi away

3%47

Rochester (in town)right here

3%45

Findlay15.5 mi away

3%40

Robinson18.7 mi away

3%39

Rochester1.1 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%906

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

How far

How far Rochester commutes

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

45%

35%

11%

45%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rochester is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rochester are

1,057 jobs are based in Rochester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rochester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rochester

1,057 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Rochester residents hold

1,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−25%

Jobs based in Rochester, 2013 → 2023: 1,412 → 1,057. 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.