Work & commute · Wharton

Work & commute in Wharton, PA

About one in 4 of Wharton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Union (8%), Uniontown (5%) and Pittsburgh (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

369 of 1,414 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,045 Wharton residents head out of town to work, 369 work right here, and 1,282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wharton.

1,045live here, work elsewhere

369live and work here

1,282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wharton goes to work

Wharton (in town)right here

26%369

North Union9.5 mi away

8%112

Uniontown10.2 mi away

5%75

Pittsburgh49.5 mi away

4%53

Henry Clay9 mi away

3%49

Morgantown, WV20.3 mi away

3%44

South Union8.5 mi away

2%35

Georges10.7 mi away

2%32

Menallen14.2 mi away

2%26

Stewart9.6 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%595

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

How far

How far Wharton commutes

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

40%

24%

18%

17%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wharton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wharton are

1,651 jobs are based in Wharton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wharton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wharton

1,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Wharton residents hold

1,414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in Wharton, 2013 → 2023: 1,374 → 1,651. 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.