Work, pay and getting to work in Carnot-Moon
The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Only 8% stay in Carnot-Moon for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (20%, 14 miles). Employers in Carnot-Moon report 7,203 jobs, and 5,050 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Carnot-Moon, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Carnot-Moon than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Carnot-Moon fell from 12,790 in 2013 to 7,203 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Carnot-Moon draws workers from far and wide
The 7,203 jobs in Carnot-Moon are filled from a wide area. Carnot-Moon’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
The kinds of work in Carnot-Moon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carnot-Moon, 2013 → 2023: 12,790 → 7,203. 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 Carnot-Moon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Carnot-Moon goes to work
Where Carnot-Moon clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Who commutes out of Carnot-Moon, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,653 residents head out to work, 397 work right here, and 6,806 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Carnot-Moon on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Carnot-Moon: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carnot-Moon workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,041 commuters (the 18% 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 many miles Carnot-Moon commutes
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.
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 Carnot-Moon: questions
What is the median household income in Carnot-Moon?
$100,714 (±$9,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carnot-Moon?
4.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carnot-Moon?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carnot-Moon work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (20%, 14 mi), Moon Township (14%, 1 mi), Findlay Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carnot-Moon without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carnot-Moon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carnot-Moon
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.