Work & commute · Youngwood

Work & commute in Youngwood, PA

Most working residents leave Youngwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hempfield (15%), Greensburg (8%) and Pittsburgh (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,476 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,389 Youngwood residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,332 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Youngwood.

1,389live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,332work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Youngwood goes to work

Hempfield2.6 mi away

15%223

Greensburg5 mi away

8%117

Pittsburgh24.8 mi away

7%104

Youngwood (in town)right here

6%87

New Stanton2.1 mi away

4%66

Monroeville15.8 mi away

4%58

Unity8.5 mi away

3%49

East Huntingdon7.2 mi away

3%42

North Huntingdon9.9 mi away

3%38

Murrysville14.3 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%656

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

How far

How far Youngwood commutes

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

47%

29%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Youngwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Youngwood are

1,419 jobs are based in Youngwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Youngwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Youngwood

1,419 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Youngwood residents hold

1,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−17%

Jobs based in Youngwood, 2013 → 2023: 1,715 → 1,419. 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.