Work & commute · Vanport

Work & commute in Vanport, PA

Most working residents leave Vanport for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (6%), Center (6%) and Beaver (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 552 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 527 Vanport residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 1,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vanport.

527live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

1,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vanport goes to work

Pittsburgh25.2 mi away

6%34

Center3 mi away

6%31

Beaver1.3 mi away

5%29

Vanport (in town)right here

5%25

Cranberry11.9 mi away

4%22

Findlay14.5 mi away

3%16

Brighton2.9 mi away

3%15

Moon13.7 mi away

3%14

Beaver Falls5.2 mi away

2%10

Robinson18.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%346

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

How far

How far Vanport commutes

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

41%

38%

12%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vanport is a job hub

2.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vanport are

1,628 jobs are based in Vanport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vanport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vanport

1,628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Vanport residents hold

552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−10%

Jobs based in Vanport, 2013 → 2023: 1,800 → 1,628. 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.