Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bolivar has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Bolivar has 47 jobs, against 160 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bolivar for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (8%, 43 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bolivar for work, and who comes in
On a workday 159 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Bolivar on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where people from Bolivar work
Where Bolivar clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Bolivar: what the 47 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolivar, 2014 → 2024: 25 → 47. 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 Bolivar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes to work from Bolivar
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolivar workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Bolivar, by distance
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.
Bolivar and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Fairfield Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bolivar workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivar | – | — | — | 35 min | $64,583 |
| Fairfield Township | 4% | B− | D | 38 min | $70,815 |
| Robinson | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| West Wheatfield Township | under 4% | C+ | C | 35 min | $72,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Robinson: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bolivar’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 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 Bolivar: questions
What is the median household income in Bolivar?
$64,583 (±$17,388) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bolivar?
12.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolivar?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolivar work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (8%, 43 mi), Ligonier Township (8%, 12 mi), Ligonier (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bolivar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bolivar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolivar
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.