With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cecil-Bishop works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Employers in Cecil-Bishop report 537 jobs, and 1,392 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Cecil-Bishop itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (18%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Cecil-Bishop
Cecil-Bishop makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Cecil-Bishop are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cecil-Bishop residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Cecil-Bishop pay over $40,000 a year
77% of the jobs based in Cecil-Bishop pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Cecil-Bishop
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cecil-Bishop, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 537. 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 Cecil-Bishop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cecil-Bishop quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,370 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Cecil-Bishop on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Cecil-Bishop commutes to
Where Cecil-Bishop clocks in
18% of workers
4% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Cecil-Bishop
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cecil-Bishop workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,318 commuters (the 15% 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 Cecil-Bishop, by distance
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 Cecil-Bishop: questions
What is the median household income in Cecil-Bishop?
$94,267 (±$31,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cecil-Bishop?
3.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cecil-Bishop?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cecil-Bishop work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (18%, 14 mi), Cecil Township (10%, 0 mi), South Fayette Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cecil-Bishop without a car?
1% 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 Cecil-Bishop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cecil-Bishop
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.