Work & commute · West Shenango

Work & commute in West Shenango, PA

Most working residents leave West Shenango for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hermitage (8%), West Salem (6%) and Greenville (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 135 West Shenango residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Shenango.

135live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Shenango goes to work

Hermitage19.3 mi away

8%11

West Salem7.5 mi away

6%8

Greenville9 mi away

5%7

Meadville20.2 mi away

5%7

Hempfield10.5 mi away

4%6

South Shenango2.9 mi away

4%6

Linesville10.9 mi away

3%4

Jamestown3.2 mi away

3%4

Erie47.3 mi away

3%4

Sharon18.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%78

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

How far

How far West Shenango commutes

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

27%

38%

12%

23%

27%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Shenango is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Shenango are

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

Jobs based in West Shenango

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Shenango residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+27%

Jobs based in West Shenango, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 19. 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.