Photo: Pistol-packin' Mamma from Pittsburgh, PA, USA · CC BY 2.0Dravosburg’s household incomes are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Dravosburg are C+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Poverty touches 12.3% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Dravosburg: the gist
Most Dravosburg residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
The quickest commute around
Dravosburg’s 23-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 26 to 27 minutes. Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Dravosburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dravosburg is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Dravosburg’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($51,715, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Dravosburg’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, Dravosburg could be anywhere from C to A−.
Half of Dravosburg commutes less than 8 miles
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.
Who commutes out of Dravosburg, and who commutes in
On a workday 728 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Dravosburg on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
22% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Dravosburg clocks in
22% of workers
9% 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.
70% of the jobs in Dravosburg pay over $3,333 a month
524 jobs are based in Dravosburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dravosburg, 2014 → 2024: 595 → 524. 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 Dravosburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dravosburg spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dravosburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 729 commuters (the 16% 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 Dravosburg, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dravosburg is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dravosburg 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 865 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 61% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 61% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.3% of Dravosburg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 14% of Dravosburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Dravosburg ranks 2,440th of 5,794 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,438 | Carbonville UT | 1,636 | $67K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,439 | Otterbein IN | 1,139 | $64K | 8.8% | 3.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,440 | Dravosburg PA | 1,536 | $52K | 12.3% | 4.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,441 | Sunfield Township MI | 2,055 | $78K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,442 | Stanton Township MI | 1,606 | $86K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Dravosburg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 13% of Dravosburg
The biggest share goes to West Mifflin (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dravosburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dravosburg | – | C+ | A+ | 23 min | $51,715 |
| West Mifflin | 9% | B− | A | 26 min | $76,563 |
| McKeesport | 4% | D | A+ | 27 min | $34,219 |
| Glassport | under 2% | C− | A | 26 min | $47,803 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dravosburg’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 Dravosburg: questions
What is the median household income in Dravosburg?
$51,715 (±$9,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dravosburg?
12.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dravosburg?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dravosburg work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (22%, 8 mi), West Mifflin (9%, 1 mi), McKeesport (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Dravosburg walkable?
Dravosburg is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.4 out of 20, and 17% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dravosburg without a car?
14% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 61% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dravosburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dravosburg
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.