Work & commute · Wilkins

Work & commute in Wilkins, PA

Most working residents leave Wilkins for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (37%), Monroeville (6%) and Ross (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 2,964 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,853 Wilkins residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 3,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilkins.

2,853live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

3,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilkins goes to work

Pittsburgh8.1 mi away

37%1,096

Monroeville3.2 mi away

6%172

Wilkins (in town)right here

4%111

Ross12.6 mi away

2%59

O'Hara5.6 mi away

2%56

West Mifflin6.5 mi away

1%43

Wilkinsburg2.9 mi away

1%36

Robinson16.5 mi away

1%36

McCandless15 mi away

1%36

Homestead4.8 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,286

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

How far

How far Wilkins commutes

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

66%

24%

66%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilkins is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilkins are

3,279 jobs are based in Wilkins. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilkins

3,279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Wilkins residents hold

2,964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−27%

Jobs based in Wilkins, 2013 → 2023: 4,469 → 3,279. 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.

Work & commute in Wilkins, PA

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Wilkins goes to work

How far Wilkins commutes

Wilkins is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Wilkins are

Jobs based in Wilkins

Jobs Wilkins residents hold

How to read this page

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