Work & commute · Rostraver

Work & commute in Rostraver, PA

Most working residents leave Rostraver for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (13%), West Mifflin (3%) and Hempfield (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

469 of 5,050 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 4,581 Rostraver residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 4,125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rostraver.

4,581live here, work elsewhere

469live and work here

4,125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rostraver goes to work

Pittsburgh20.7 mi away

13%664

Rostraver (in town)right here

9%469

West Mifflin14 mi away

3%176

Hempfield13.9 mi away

3%153

Carroll6.6 mi away

2%110

Charleroi5.5 mi away

2%108

Monessen4.4 mi away

2%105

Monroeville17.8 mi away

2%97

Greensburg16.8 mi away

2%87

Jefferson Hills11.4 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,995

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

How far

How far Rostraver commutes

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

30%

51%

10%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rostraver is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rostraver are

4,594 jobs are based in Rostraver. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rostraver’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rostraver

4,594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rostraver residents hold

5,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−1%

Jobs based in Rostraver, 2013 → 2023: 4,637 → 4,594. 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.