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Work & commute · South Bend

Work & commute in South Bend, PA

Most working residents leave South Bend for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are White (8%), Pittsburgh (4%) and East Franklin (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
9 of 438 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 South Bend residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Bend.

429live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
215work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where South Bend goes to work

EldertonKittanningVandergriftIndianaPittsburghManorKiskiminetasSomersetYoungSouth BendArmstrongPlumcreekBurrellWhiteCowanshannockEast FranklinWhitePittsburghEast FranklinEldertonKittanningIndianaKiskiminetasPlumcreekManorSouth Bend
1
White14.3 mi away
8%35
2
Pittsburgh33.1 mi away
4%18
3
East Franklin18.7 mi away
4%18
4
Elderton5.4 mi away
4%16
5
Kittanning15.4 mi away
3%13
6
Indiana12.5 mi away
3%13
7
Kiskiminetas5.6 mi away
3%13
8
Plumcreek6.8 mi away
3%13
9
Manor11.4 mi away
3%11
10
South Bend (in town)right here
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%279

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

How far

How far South Bend commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

South Bend is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Bend are

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

Jobs based in South Bend

224 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities43%
Services (health, schools, offices…)20%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs South Bend residents hold

438 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+84%

Jobs based in South Bend, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 224. 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.

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