Work & commute · Sharpsburg

Work & commute in Sharpsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Sharpsburg for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (35%), O'Hara (7%) and Cranberry (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,435 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,356 Sharpsburg residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 2,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharpsburg.

1,356live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

2,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharpsburg goes to work

Pittsburgh4.7 mi away

35%499

O'Hara2.4 mi away

7%94

Sharpsburg (in town)right here

6%79

Cranberry17.9 mi away

3%36

Ross5.9 mi away

3%36

McCandless8.2 mi away

2%28

Etna1.6 mi away

2%27

Monroeville9.5 mi away

2%26

Findlay19 mi away

2%23

Shaler3.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%564

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

How far

How far Sharpsburg commutes

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

73%

17%

73%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharpsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharpsburg are

2,084 jobs are based in Sharpsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharpsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sharpsburg

2,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sharpsburg residents hold

1,435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Sharpsburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,375 → 2,084. 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.