Work & commute · Waynesburg

Work & commute in Waynesburg, PA

Most working residents leave Waynesburg for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (17%), Pittsburgh (6%) and Morgantown (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

166 of 1,362 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,196 Waynesburg residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 1,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waynesburg.

1,196live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

1,117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waynesburg goes to work

Franklin1.7 mi away

17%233

Waynesburg (in town)right here

12%166

Pittsburgh39 mi away

6%77

Morgantown, WV22 mi away

4%54

Washington19.3 mi away

3%37

North Strabane22.7 mi away

2%28

Cecil28.6 mi away

2%27

Chartiers24.6 mi away

2%21

Greene10 mi away

1%19

Canton21.7 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%684

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

How far

How far Waynesburg commutes

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

35%

25%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waynesburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waynesburg are

1,283 jobs are based in Waynesburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waynesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waynesburg

1,283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Waynesburg residents hold

1,362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−19%

Jobs based in Waynesburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,575 → 1,283. 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.