Work & commute · Shenango

Work & commute in Shenango, PA

Most working residents leave Shenango for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (16%), Pittsburgh (5%) and Neshannock (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

332 of 3,131 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 2,799 Shenango residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 2,254 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shenango.

2,799live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

2,254work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shenango goes to work

New Castle3.9 mi away

16%507

Shenango (in town)right here

11%332

Pittsburgh39.1 mi away

5%165

Neshannock7.5 mi away

5%159

Cranberry19.4 mi away

3%106

Union6.3 mi away

2%70

Hermitage20.8 mi away

2%67

Ellwood City6.1 mi away

2%62

Jackson15.1 mi away

1%44

Butler20.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,582

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

How far

How far Shenango commutes

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

42%

29%

18%

11%

42%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shenango is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shenango are

2,586 jobs are based in Shenango. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shenango’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shenango

2,586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Shenango residents hold

3,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+7%

Jobs based in Shenango, 2013 → 2023: 2,416 → 2,586. 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.