Work & commute · Scottdale

Work & commute in Scottdale, PA

Most working residents leave Scottdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are East Huntingdon (10%), Hempfield (7%) and Greensburg (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

121 of 1,902 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,781 Scottdale residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 1,557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottdale.

1,781live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

1,557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottdale goes to work

East Huntingdon2.7 mi away

10%192

Hempfield12.3 mi away

7%137

Scottdale (in town)right here

6%121

Greensburg14.6 mi away

6%114

Pittsburgh30.9 mi away

5%86

Connellsville6 mi away

3%58

New Stanton8.3 mi away

3%58

North Union14.3 mi away

2%41

Mount Pleasant4.1 mi away

2%40

Murrysville23.7 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,018

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

How far

How far Scottdale commutes

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

34%

21%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottdale 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 Scottdale are

1,678 jobs are based in Scottdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scottdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scottdale

1,678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Scottdale residents hold

1,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Scottdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,398 → 1,678. 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.