Work & commute · South Shenango

Work & commute in South Shenango, PA

Most working residents leave South Shenango for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Vernon (6%), Hermitage (5%) and West Salem (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 636 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 593 South Shenango residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Shenango.

593live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Shenango goes to work

South Shenango (in town)right here

7%43

Vernon13.6 mi away

6%39

Hermitage21.1 mi away

5%33

West Salem9.2 mi away

5%33

Meadville17.4 mi away

5%32

Greenville9.6 mi away

3%22

Erie44.6 mi away

3%22

Hempfield10.9 mi away

3%20

Jamestown3.6 mi away

3%16

Pittsburgh79.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%361

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

How far

How far South Shenango commutes

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

25%

42%

16%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Shenango is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Shenango are

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

Jobs based in South Shenango

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs South Shenango residents hold

636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+190%

Jobs based in South Shenango, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 197. 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.