Work & commute · Wampum

Work & commute in Wampum, PA

Most working residents leave Wampum for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Castle (9%), Cranberry (7%) and Big Beaver (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 229 Wampum residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wampum.

229live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wampum goes to work

New Castle7.5 mi away

9%21

Cranberry17.2 mi away

7%17

Big Beaver4.4 mi away

6%14

New Beaver2.2 mi away

5%11

Neshannock11.4 mi away

4%9

Ellwood City3.4 mi away

3%8

Pittsburgh36.2 mi away

3%8

Wampum (in town)right here

3%7

Beaver Falls8.7 mi away

3%7

Shenango5 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%128

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

How far

How far Wampum commutes

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

42%

28%

17%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wampum is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wampum are

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

Jobs based in Wampum

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Wampum residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−44%

Jobs based in Wampum, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 152. 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.