Work & commute · West Mead

Work & commute in West Mead, PA

Most working residents leave West Mead for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Meadville (31%), Vernon (13%) and Erie (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

169 of 2,051 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,882 West Mead residents head out of town to work, 169 work right here, and 1,427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Mead.

1,882live here, work elsewhere

169live and work here

1,427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Mead goes to work

Meadville1.7 mi away

31%644

Vernon4.5 mi away

13%267

West Mead (in town)right here

8%169

Erie33.9 mi away

4%72

Woodcock5.9 mi away

3%59

Hayfield7 mi away

2%45

Pittsburgh82.5 mi away

2%37

Saegertown6 mi away

2%35

Millcreek31.6 mi away

2%33

Sadsbury10.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%670

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

How far

How far West Mead commutes

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

63%

13%

17%

63%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Mead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Mead are

1,596 jobs are based in West Mead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Mead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Mead

1,596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs West Mead residents hold

2,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+48%

Jobs based in West Mead, 2013 → 2023: 1,082 → 1,596. 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.