Every workday, about 7,600 people come to Southpointe for work
Most working residents leave Southpointe for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (18%), Cecil (14%) and North Strabane (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
What kind of work town is Southpointe?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Southpointe’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 1,364 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 7,623 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Southpointe on a workday afternoon, 200% more than live here.
5.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Southpointe workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
23% of Southpointe works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Cecil (14%). Darker towns draw more of Southpointe’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
84% of the jobs in Southpointe pay over $3,333 a month
7,727 jobs are based in Southpointe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southpointe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Southpointe, 2013 → 2023: 7,540 → 7,727. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Where Southpointe’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Southpointe clocks in
18% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Southpointe commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Southpointe
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Southpointe, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.