Work & commute · Ross

Work & commute in Ross, PA

Most working residents leave Ross for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (37%), McCandless (5%) and Cranberry (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,153 of 16,015 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,862 Ross residents head out of town to work, 1,153 work right here, and 12,978 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ross.

14,862live here, work elsewhere

1,153live and work here

12,978work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ross goes to work

Pittsburgh6.5 mi away

37%5,854

Ross (in town)right here

7%1,153

McCandless3.7 mi away

5%854

Cranberry13.4 mi away

3%482

Pine8.3 mi away

2%260

Robinson7.4 mi away

2%259

Findlay13.9 mi away

2%259

Moon9.7 mi away

2%255

Marshall9.4 mi away

1%220

Monroeville15.4 mi away

1%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%6,208

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

How far

How far Ross commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ross is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ross are

14,131 jobs are based in Ross. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ross’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ross

14,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Ross residents hold

16,015 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−32%

Jobs based in Ross, 2013 → 2023: 20,646 → 14,131. 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.