Work & commute · Trafford

Work & commute in Trafford, PA

Most working residents leave Trafford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (26%), Monroeville (8%) and North Huntingdon (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,617 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,569 Trafford residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trafford.

1,569live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trafford goes to work

Pittsburgh12.1 mi away

26%418

Monroeville2.9 mi away

8%124

North Huntingdon4 mi away

5%74

Penn5.6 mi away

3%52

Trafford (in town)right here

3%48

West Mifflin8 mi away

3%47

Murrysville6.6 mi away

3%47

Hempfield11.5 mi away

2%34

Plum8.1 mi away

2%28

Greensburg12.3 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%721

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

How far

How far Trafford commutes

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

42%

43%

42%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trafford is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trafford are

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

Jobs based in Trafford

748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Trafford residents hold

1,617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+54%

Jobs based in Trafford, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 748. 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.