Work & commute · Tarentum

Work & commute in Tarentum, PA

Most working residents leave Tarentum for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (18%), Harrison (4%) and Harmar (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 1,775 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,684 Tarentum residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 1,229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tarentum.

1,684live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

1,229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tarentum goes to work

Pittsburgh16.2 mi away

18%316

Tarentum (in town)right here

5%91

Harrison3 mi away

4%78

Harmar6.3 mi away

3%62

O'Hara9.7 mi away

3%59

New Kensington2.4 mi away

3%51

Monroeville12.5 mi away

3%46

Cranberry19.5 mi away

2%31

Indiana6.4 mi away

2%30

Lower Burrell2.7 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%985

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

How far

How far Tarentum commutes

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

36%

47%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tarentum is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tarentum are

1,320 jobs are based in Tarentum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tarentum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tarentum

1,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Tarentum residents hold

1,775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in Tarentum, 2013 → 2023: 1,559 → 1,320. 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.