Work & commute · West Middlesex

Work & commute in West Middlesex, PA

Most working residents leave West Middlesex for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hermitage (15%), Shenango (7%) and Farrell (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 399 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 369 West Middlesex residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 659 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Middlesex.

369live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

659work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Middlesex goes to work

Hermitage3.9 mi away

15%61

West Middlesex (in town)right here

8%30

Shenango1.7 mi away

7%29

Farrell3.3 mi away

6%22

Sharon4.7 mi away

4%17

New Castle13.7 mi away

3%13

Pittsburgh56.6 mi away

3%10

Neshannock10.2 mi away

2%9

Mercer12 mi away

2%8

Youngstown, OH11.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%193

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

How far

How far West Middlesex commutes

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

49%

25%

19%

49%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Middlesex is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Middlesex are

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

Jobs based in West Middlesex

689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs West Middlesex residents hold

399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in West Middlesex, 2013 → 2023: 687 → 689. 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.