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Jobs & commute in Bunola

Work and commuting in Bunola

Home is the office for 0% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%. Hardly any work in Bunola itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (14%, 14 miles). Bunola has 64 jobs; 80 of its residents have a job.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Bunola

On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.

80live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
64work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night130
Workday120
130live here− 80head out to work+ 64come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Bunola on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.80jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Bunola to work: where people go

Homestead: 2 residents work here (3%)Donora: 3 residents work here (4%)AltoonaBethel Park: 2 residents work here (3%)West Mifflin: 2 residents work here (3%)Jefferson Hills: 2 residents work here (3%)Penn HillsPittsburgh: 11 residents work here (14%)North Strabane Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Rostraver Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Towamencin TownshipUnion TownshipSouth Union TownshipElizabeth Township: 5 residents work here (6%)Forward Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Bristol TownshipUpper Merion TownshipBunolaPittsburghElizabeth TownshipNorth Strabane TownshipForward TownshipDonoraRostraver TownshipBunola
1
Pittsburgh14.4 mi away
14%11
26%5
35%4
4
Forward Township2.5 mi away
5%4
5
Donora6.1 mi away
4%3
64%3
7
Homestead12.3 mi away
3%2
8
Bethel Park7.6 mi away
3%2
9
West Mifflin9 mi away
3%2
10
Jefferson Hills4.5 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%42
The top trips

Where Bunola clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

92% of the jobs in Bunola pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in BunolaJobs Bunola residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%11%
Trade, transport & utilities92%29%
Services: health, schools, offices5%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less2%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%29%
Over $3,333 a month92%59%

Who does it

29 or younger5%20%
30 to 5456%53%
55 and older39%28%
+2033%

Jobs based in Bunola, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 64. 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 Bunola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bunola

Working from home
0%

of Bunola workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bunola gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 56 commuters (the 0% 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

How far Bunola’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi30 miPittsburgh: 14% · 14.4 miElizabeth Township: 6% · 7.6 miNorth Strabane Township: 5% · 10.5 miForward Township: 5% · 2.5 miDonora: 4% · 6.1 miRostraver Township: 4% · 9 miHomestead: 3% · 12.3 miBethel Park: 3% · 7.6 miWest Mifflin: 3% · 9 miJefferson Hills: 3% · 4.5 miPittsburgh 14%Elizabeth Township 6%North Strabane Township 5%Donora 4%Bunola
BunolaTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi33 residents
47%10–24 mi37 residents
5%25–50 mi4 residents
6%Over 50 mi5 residents

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.

Next door

Around Bunola: the bordering towns

Union Township: few work hereUnion TownshipBunola
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownBunola workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bunola–————
Union Townshipunder 3%C+B−26 min$61,071

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bunola’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bunola: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bunola?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bunola work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (14%, 14 mi), Elizabeth Township (6%, 8 mi), North Strabane Township (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Bunola without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bunola, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bunola

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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.