Most of Bairdford commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 37 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). 66 jobs are based in Bairdford; 393 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bairdford; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (23%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bairdford and work: the main findings
Bairdford is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Bairdford, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bairdford has about 380 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bairdford workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 393 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bairdford on a workday afternoon
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Bairdford on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Bairdford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bairdford workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 293 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Bairdford’s residents
Where Bairdford clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Bairdford makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bairdford, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 66. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bairdford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bairdford’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bairdford: questions
What is the median household income in Bairdford?
$68,929 (±$20,238) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bairdford?
16.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bairdford?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bairdford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (23%, 14 mi), West Deer Township (7%, 1 mi), Richland Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bairdford without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bairdford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bairdford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.