Work & commute · South Strabane

Work & commute in South Strabane, PA

Most working residents leave South Strabane for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Pittsburgh (9%) and Cecil (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

306 of 4,209 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,903 South Strabane residents head out of town to work, 306 work right here, and 5,629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Strabane.

3,903live here, work elsewhere

306live and work here

5,629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Strabane goes to work

Washington3.1 mi away

11%472

Pittsburgh21.7 mi away

9%386

South Strabane (in town)right here

7%306

Cecil9.7 mi away

5%208

North Strabane4.2 mi away

5%194

Chartiers6.4 mi away

4%177

North Franklin3.7 mi away

3%136

Peters9 mi away

3%114

Canton6.3 mi away

2%95

Robinson20 mi away

2%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,036

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

How far

How far South Strabane commutes

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

44%

34%

14%

44%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Strabane is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Strabane are

5,935 jobs are based in South Strabane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Strabane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Strabane

5,935 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs South Strabane residents hold

4,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−1%

Jobs based in South Strabane, 2013 → 2023: 6,004 → 5,935. 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.