Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Canonsburg (5.6%) than in 69% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Canonsburg grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Only 6% work in Canonsburg itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (12%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Canonsburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canonsburg is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #515 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Canonsburg’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canonsburg could be anywhere from B− to A.
Canonsburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,284 residents head out to work, 297 work right here, and 3,035 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Canonsburg 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Canonsburg work
Where Canonsburg clocks in
12% of workers
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.
Goods, not services: 32% of the jobs in Canonsburg
3,332 jobs are based in Canonsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canonsburg, 2014 → 2024: 3,022 → 3,332. 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 Canonsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Canonsburg, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canonsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,343 commuters (the 21% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Canonsburg
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.
Canonsburg is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canonsburg is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #285 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Canonsburg near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,503 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). 7.8% of Canonsburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Canonsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Canonsburg next to U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900: 1,257th of 2,790 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,255 | Na-Au-Say Township IL | 11,233 | $128K | 8.8% | 8.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,256 | Hamilton Township IN | 7,302 | $74K | 9.2% | 1.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,257 | Canonsburg PA | 9,529 | $79K | 6.2% | 5.6% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,258 | Marlborough NY | 9,070 | $107K | 10.6% | 4.4% | 16% | B+ |
| 1,259 | Commerce GA | 9,303 | $61K | 8.3% | 1.1% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Canonsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Canonsburg’s workers
The biggest share goes to North Strabane Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canonsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonsburg | – | B+ | A− | 24 min | $79,227 |
| North Strabane Township | 8% | A | B | 31 min | $103,084 |
| Chartiers Township | 4% | A | C− | 24 min | $99,777 |
| Strabane | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Cecil Township | 8% | A | C | 27 min | $105,303 |
| Southpointe | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Houston | under 2% | C+ | A | 20 min | $64,773 |
Same-state neighbors only. Strabane and Southpointe: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canonsburg’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 Canonsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Canonsburg?
$79,227 (±$7,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canonsburg?
6.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canonsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canonsburg work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (12%, 16 mi), North Strabane Township (8%, 3 mi), Cecil Township (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Canonsburg walkable?
Canonsburg is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canonsburg without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canonsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canonsburg
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. 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.