Work & commute · West View

Work & commute in West View, PA

Most working residents leave West View for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (32%), Ross (7%) and McCandless (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

123 of 3,402 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,279 West View residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 1,372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West View.

3,279live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

1,372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West View goes to work

Pittsburgh6.2 mi away

32%1,077

Ross0.7 mi away

7%222

McCandless4.2 mi away

5%177

Cranberry13.8 mi away

4%129

West View (in town)right here

4%123

Pine8.8 mi away

3%89

Findlay13.3 mi away

2%64

Moon9.2 mi away

2%60

Marshall9.7 mi away

1%48

Robinson6.7 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,367

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

How far

How far West View commutes

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

69%

21%

69%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West View is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West View are

1,495 jobs are based in West View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West View

1,495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs West View residents hold

3,402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−15%

Jobs based in West View, 2013 → 2023: 1,754 → 1,495. 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.