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Work & commute · Wolf Creek

Work & commute in Wolf Creek, PA

Most working residents leave Wolf Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grove City (16%), Pine (16%) and Hermitage (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
5 of 291 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 286 Wolf Creek residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolf Creek.

286live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
77work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wolf Creek goes to work

MercerPolkGrove CityFranklinNew CastleHermitagePittsburghSlippery RockLibertyPerryIrwinSpringfieldPineWolf CreekCherryFindleyGrove CityPineHermitageSpringfieldSlippery RockNew CastleMercerPittsburghCherryWolf Creek
1
Grove City4.1 mi away
16%48
2
Pine3 mi away
16%47
3
Hermitage20 mi away
4%11
4
Springfield8.6 mi away
3%9
5
Slippery Rock10.2 mi away
3%8
6
New Castle21.2 mi away
2%7
7
Mercer9.3 mi away
2%5
8
Pittsburgh53.5 mi away
2%5
9
Wolf Creek (in town)right here
2%5
10
Cherry12.4 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%141

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

How far

How far Wolf Creek commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wolf Creek is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolf Creek are

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

Jobs based in Wolf Creek

82 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities49%
Services (health, schools, offices…)16%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Wolf Creek residents hold

291 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−10%

Jobs based in Wolf Creek, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 82. 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.

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