Work & commute · Saltsburg

Work & commute in Saltsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Saltsburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are White (8%), Burrell (6%) and Pittsburgh (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 350 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 342 Saltsburg residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saltsburg.

342live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saltsburg goes to work

White20.5 mi away

8%27

Burrell12.7 mi away

6%20

Pittsburgh27.9 mi away

5%16

Conemaugh3.6 mi away

4%15

Washington8.3 mi away

3%10

Indiana18.1 mi away

3%9

Greensburg13 mi away

3%9

Saltsburg (in town)right here

2%8

Derry10.5 mi away

2%8

Blairsville10.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%221

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

How far

How far Saltsburg commutes

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

16%

51%

20%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saltsburg is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saltsburg are

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

Jobs based in Saltsburg

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Saltsburg residents hold

350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−13%

Jobs based in Saltsburg, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 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.