Work & commute · Scott

Work & commute in Scott, PA

Most working residents leave Scott for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (31%), Robinson (3%) and Moon (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

488 of 7,803 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,315 Scott residents head out of town to work, 488 work right here, and 8,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scott.

7,315live here, work elsewhere

488live and work here

8,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scott goes to work

Pittsburgh6.5 mi away

31%2,427

Scott (in town)right here

6%488

Robinson5.6 mi away

3%254

Moon10.8 mi away

3%239

Collier3 mi away

3%226

Cecil7.8 mi away

3%209

Findlay12.3 mi away

2%186

Green Tree2.4 mi away

2%175

South Fayette5.4 mi away

2%168

North Fayette8 mi away

2%160

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,271

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

How far

How far Scott commutes

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

70%

18%

70%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scott is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scott are

8,552 jobs are based in Scott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scott

8,552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Scott residents hold

7,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−2%

Jobs based in Scott, 2013 → 2023: 8,700 → 8,552. 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.