Work & commute · Smithton

Work & commute in Smithton, PA

Most working residents leave Smithton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), South Huntingdon (7%) and Hempfield (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138 Smithton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithton.

138live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithton goes to work

Pittsburgh23.3 mi away

9%12

South Huntingdon2.8 mi away

7%10

Hempfield12.1 mi away

6%8

New Stanton8.5 mi away

4%5

North Huntingdon12.1 mi away

4%5

Unity18.8 mi away

4%5

Mount Pleasant14.6 mi away

3%4

Clairton12.6 mi away

2%3

North Strabane22.2 mi away

2%3

South Greensburg13.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%82

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

How far

How far Smithton commutes

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

23%

53%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithton is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithton are

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

Jobs based in Smithton

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Smithton residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−72%

Jobs based in Smithton, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 29. 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.