Work & commute · Zelienople

Work & commute in Zelienople, PA

Most working residents leave Zelienople for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Cranberry (12%), Pittsburgh (12%) and Jackson (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

163 of 1,775 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,612 Zelienople residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 2,377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zelienople.

1,612live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

2,377work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zelienople goes to work

Cranberry5.5 mi away

12%216

Pittsburgh25.4 mi away

12%205

Zelienople (in town)right here

9%163

Jackson1.5 mi away

7%131

Marshall9.8 mi away

3%53

Butler12 mi away

2%42

Harmony1.3 mi away

2%39

Moon19.4 mi away

2%36

McCandless15.4 mi away

2%29

Pine11.1 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%833

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

How far

How far Zelienople commutes

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

39%

34%

16%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zelienople is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zelienople are

2,540 jobs are based in Zelienople. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zelienople’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zelienople

2,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Zelienople residents hold

1,775 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in Zelienople, 2013 → 2023: 2,284 → 2,540. 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.