Work & commute · Vandergrift

Work & commute in Vandergrift, PA

Most working residents leave Vandergrift for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (11%), Allegheny (4%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

132 of 2,158 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,026 Vandergrift residents head out of town to work, 132 work right here, and 556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vandergrift.

2,026live here, work elsewhere

132live and work here

556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vandergrift goes to work

Pittsburgh23.7 mi away

11%247

Vandergrift (in town)right here

6%132

Allegheny3.5 mi away

4%83

Washington5.9 mi away

4%79

Upper Burrell6.3 mi away

3%75

O'Hara17.2 mi away

3%68

Monroeville15.4 mi away

3%57

Parks3.2 mi away

3%57

Murrysville11.7 mi away

2%51

Hempfield21.9 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,261

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

How far

How far Vandergrift commutes

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

29%

44%

17%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vandergrift is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vandergrift are

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

Jobs based in Vandergrift

688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Vandergrift residents hold

2,158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in Vandergrift, 2013 → 2023: 770 → 688. 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.