Work & commute · Rural Valley

Work & commute in Rural Valley, PA

Most working residents leave Rural Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are East Franklin (9%), Cowanshannock (7%) and Kittanning (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 349 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 341 Rural Valley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rural Valley.

341live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rural Valley goes to work

East Franklin13.7 mi away

9%32

Cowanshannock1 mi away

7%26

Kittanning10.8 mi away

5%17

Pittsburgh42.6 mi away

4%15

White14.5 mi away

4%14

Butler32.1 mi away

3%11

Indiana14.8 mi away

3%10

Rural Valley (in town)right here

2%8

Plumcreek5.9 mi away

2%8

West Kittanning11.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%202

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

How far

How far Rural Valley commutes

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

16%

36%

33%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rural Valley is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rural Valley are

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

Jobs based in Rural Valley

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Rural Valley residents hold

349 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−43%

Jobs based in Rural Valley, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 160. 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.