Work & commute · Swissvale

Work & commute in Swissvale, PA

Most working residents leave Swissvale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (49%), Monroeville (3%) and West Mifflin (1%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

108 of 4,080 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,972 Swissvale residents head out of town to work, 108 work right here, and 2,231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swissvale.

3,972live here, work elsewhere

108live and work here

2,231work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swissvale goes to work

Pittsburgh4.9 mi away

49%1,993

Swissvale (in town)right here

3%108

Monroeville6.6 mi away

3%102

West Mifflin4.5 mi away

1%55

O'Hara5.3 mi away

1%51

Wilkinsburg1.8 mi away

1%50

Robinson13.3 mi away

1%48

Ross10.3 mi away

1%47

Philadelphia252.3 mi away

1%42

Homestead1.5 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,543

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

How far

How far Swissvale commutes

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

74%

16%

74%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swissvale is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swissvale are

2,339 jobs are based in Swissvale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swissvale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swissvale

2,339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Swissvale residents hold

4,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−4%

Jobs based in Swissvale, 2013 → 2023: 2,444 → 2,339. 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.