Work & commute · Shaler

Work & commute in Shaler, PA

Most working residents leave Shaler for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (36%), McCandless (4%) and Ross (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

756 of 13,988 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

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,232 Shaler residents head out of town to work, 756 work right here, and 3,290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shaler.

13,232live here, work elsewhere

756live and work here

3,290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shaler goes to work

Pittsburgh5.8 mi away

36%5,101

Shaler (in town)right here

5%756

McCandless5.1 mi away

4%554

Ross3.1 mi away

4%544

O'Hara5 mi away

2%349

Cranberry14.9 mi away

2%342

Hampton4.5 mi away

2%310

Robinson10 mi away

1%197

Monroeville12.6 mi away

1%189

Pine9.3 mi away

1%182

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%5,464

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

How far

How far Shaler commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shaler is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shaler are

4,046 jobs are based in Shaler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shaler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shaler

4,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Shaler residents hold

13,988 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−8%

Jobs based in Shaler, 2013 → 2023: 4,421 → 4,046. 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.