Bear Rocks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 72 jobs in Bear Rocks for 422 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bear Rocks for work; outside it, Connellsville is the main destination (8%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bear Rocks in brief
How many people are in Bear Rocks by day
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Bear Rocks on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Bear Rocks work
Where Bear Rocks clocks in
8% 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Bear Rocks
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Rocks, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 72. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bear Rocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Bear Rocks takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear Rocks workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 512 commuters (the 16% 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.
How far Bear Rocks’ workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Bear Rocks compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bear Rocks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Rocks | – | — | — | 29 min | $69,758 |
| Mount Pleasant Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 26 min | $68,131 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bear Rocks’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Bear Rocks: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Rocks?
$69,758 (±$10,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Rocks?
6.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Rocks?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Rocks work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Connellsville (8%, 10 mi), East Huntingdon Township (7%, 8 mi), Hempfield Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bear Rocks without a car?
0% 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 Bear Rocks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear Rocks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.