Work & commute · West Mifflin

Work & commute in West Mifflin, PA

Most working residents leave West Mifflin for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (32%), Monroeville (2%) and Pleasant Hills (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

904 of 9,111 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,207 West Mifflin residents head out of town to work, 904 work right here, and 12,620 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Mifflin.

8,207live here, work elsewhere

904live and work here

12,620work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Mifflin goes to work

Pittsburgh6.8 mi away

32%2,929

West Mifflin (in town)right here

10%904

Monroeville9 mi away

2%199

Pleasant Hills3.4 mi away

2%169

Bethel Park7.3 mi away

2%168

Jefferson Hills4.6 mi away

2%168

Homestead3.5 mi away

2%147

Munhall2.5 mi away

2%139

McKeesport3.4 mi away

2%137

Robinson13.9 mi away

1%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%4,028

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

How far

How far West Mifflin commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Mifflin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Mifflin are

13,524 jobs are based in West Mifflin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Mifflin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Mifflin

13,524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs West Mifflin residents hold

9,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−3%

Jobs based in West Mifflin, 2013 → 2023: 13,925 → 13,524. 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.