Work & commute · Thornburg

Work & commute in Thornburg, PA

Most working residents leave Thornburg for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (37%), Robinson (4%) and Cecil (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 285 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Thornburg residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thornburg.

283live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thornburg goes to work

Pittsburgh5.7 mi away

37%106

Robinson3.1 mi away

4%11

Cecil10.1 mi away

2%7

Cranberry19.1 mi away

2%7

West Mifflin10.8 mi away

2%6

North Fayette7.5 mi away

2%6

Collier3.5 mi away

2%6

Rosslyn Farms0.9 mi away

2%5

Green Tree2 mi away

2%5

Moon8.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%121

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

How far

How far Thornburg commutes

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

68%

22%

68%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thornburg is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Thornburg are

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

Jobs based in Thornburg

457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Thornburg residents hold

285 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+127%

Jobs based in Thornburg, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 457. 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.