Work & commute · Whitaker

Work & commute in Whitaker, PA

Most working residents leave Whitaker for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (32%), West Mifflin (9%) and Homestead (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 570 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 565 Whitaker residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitaker.

565live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitaker goes to work

Pittsburgh5.5 mi away

32%184

West Mifflin3.2 mi away

9%50

Homestead1.4 mi away

3%16

Munhall0.9 mi away

3%15

McKeesport4.6 mi away

2%14

Monroeville6.8 mi away

2%13

Scott10.2 mi away

2%12

Robinson13.6 mi away

2%9

O'Hara6.7 mi away

2%9

Ross11.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%240

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

How far

How far Whitaker commutes

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

70%

21%

70%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitaker is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitaker are

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

Jobs based in Whitaker

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Whitaker residents hold

570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−29%

Jobs based in Whitaker, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 29. 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.