Work & commute · Upper Burrell

Work & commute in Upper Burrell, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Burrell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (16%), Lower Burrell (6%) and Monroeville (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 1,057 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,007 Upper Burrell residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 2,672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Burrell.

1,007live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

2,672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Burrell goes to work

Pittsburgh17.5 mi away

16%170

Lower Burrell3.4 mi away

6%63

Upper Burrell (in town)right here

5%50

Monroeville9.6 mi away

4%43

Murrysville7.2 mi away

4%37

New Kensington4.6 mi away

3%35

O'Hara11.2 mi away

3%35

Plum5 mi away

3%29

Washington4.4 mi away

2%20

Harrison6.6 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%556

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

How far

How far Upper Burrell commutes

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

41%

42%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Burrell is a job hub

2.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Burrell are

2,722 jobs are based in Upper Burrell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Burrell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Burrell

2,722 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Upper Burrell residents hold

1,057 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−10%

Jobs based in Upper Burrell, 2013 → 2023: 3,024 → 2,722. 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.