Work & commute · South Buffalo

Work & commute in South Buffalo, PA

Most working residents leave South Buffalo for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (10%), East Franklin (7%) and Buffalo (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,167 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,133 South Buffalo residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 656 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Buffalo.

1,133live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

656work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Buffalo goes to work

Pittsburgh26.4 mi away

10%115

East Franklin10.6 mi away

7%81

Buffalo5.2 mi away

6%67

South Buffalo (in town)right here

3%34

Kittanning9.6 mi away

3%33

Butler17.2 mi away

3%31

Harrison7.3 mi away

2%29

Jefferson10.9 mi away

2%26

Butler16.3 mi away

2%22

Cranberry24.4 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%707

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

How far

How far South Buffalo commutes

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

30%

38%

21%

11%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Buffalo is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Buffalo are

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

Jobs based in South Buffalo

690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs South Buffalo residents hold

1,167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−2%

Jobs based in South Buffalo, 2013 → 2023: 704 → 690. 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.