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Work & commute in West Deer, PA

Most working residents leave West Deer for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (23%), Richland (4%) and O'Hara (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
419 of 5,422 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 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 5,003 West Deer residents head out of town to work, 419 work right here, and 2,025 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Deer.

5,003live here, work elsewhere
419live and work here
2,025work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where West Deer goes to work

Lower BurrellPlumPittsburghClintonRichlandWest DeerO'HaraCranberryMcCandlessMiddlesexShalerHarmarIndianaHamptonFrazerRossFawnPittsburghRichlandO'HaraCranberryHamptonMcCandlessIndianaRossHarmarWest Deer
1
Pittsburgh14.6 mi away
23%1,227
2
West Deer (in town)right here
8%419
3
Richland4.8 mi away
4%204
4
O'Hara9.5 mi away
3%175
5
Cranberry13.5 mi away
3%165
6
Hampton5.6 mi away
3%157
7
McCandless9.2 mi away
3%138
8
Indiana4.3 mi away
2%130
9
Ross11.1 mi away
2%105
10
Harmar6.3 mi away
2%92
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%2,610

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

How far

How far West Deer commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
51%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

West Deer is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Deer are

2,444 jobs are based in West Deer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Deer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Deer

2,444 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs West Deer residents hold

5,422 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−7%

Jobs based in West Deer, 2013 → 2023: 2,636 → 2,444. 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.

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