Work & commute · Whiteley

Work & commute in Whiteley, PA

Most working residents leave Whiteley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (18%), Waynesburg (8%) and Morgantown (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 236 Whiteley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiteley.

236live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiteley goes to work

Franklin4.6 mi away

18%43

Waynesburg6.1 mi away

8%19

Morgantown, WV16.1 mi away

6%15

Washington25.2 mi away

4%9

Pittsburgh43.8 mi away

3%7

North Strabane28.2 mi away

3%7

Greene5.9 mi away

3%7

Canonsburg30.9 mi away

2%5

Cumberland9.1 mi away

2%4

Whiteley (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%120

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

How far

How far Whiteley commutes

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

35%

20%

32%

13%

35%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiteley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiteley are

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

Jobs based in Whiteley

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Whiteley residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−24%

Jobs based in Whiteley, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 260. 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.