Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Households in Burgettstown have lower incomes than those in 85% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.7%; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. For jobs and income Burgettstown is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Only 3% stay in Burgettstown for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (12%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Burgettstown, in brief
Many jobs in Burgettstown pay little
37% of the jobs based in Burgettstown pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Burgettstown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Burgettstown is Pittsburgh, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (86) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Burgettstown
59% of Burgettstown residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Burgettstown pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 692 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Burgettstown’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Burgettstown’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($52,500, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Burgettstown’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Burgettstown could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
What work there is in Burgettstown: 508 jobs
508 jobs are based in Burgettstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Burgettstown, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 508. 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 Burgettstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Burgettstown to work
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.
In and out of Burgettstown on a workday
On a workday 673 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Burgettstown on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Burgettstown commutes to
Where Burgettstown clocks in
12% 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.
The trip to work from Burgettstown: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Burgettstown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 658 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.
In Burgettstown, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 741 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.0% of Burgettstown households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Burgettstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Burgettstown ranks 1,762nd of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,760 | Bucks Township OH | 1,892 | $73K | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,761 | New Haven VT | 1,742 | $92K | 3.1% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,762 | Burgettstown PA | 1,390 | $53K | 5.7% | 6.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,763 | Aurora UT | 1,062 | $91K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 2% | B |
| 1,764 | Willow Springs Township KS | 1,576 | $91K | 12.5% | 0.2% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Burgettstown, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Burgettstown: questions
What is the median household income in Burgettstown?
$52,500 (±$19,508) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Burgettstown?
5.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Burgettstown?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Burgettstown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (12%, 22 mi), Smith Township (8%, 1 mi), Findlay Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Burgettstown walkable?
Burgettstown is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Burgettstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Burgettstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Burgettstown
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.