Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Dunbar works elsewhere
Employers in Dunbar report 132 jobs for 383 working residents. Only 2% stay in Dunbar for work; outside it, Dunbar Township is the main destination (10%, 2 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Dunbar for work, and who comes in
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Dunbar on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Dunbar commutes to
Where Dunbar clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
74% of the jobs in Dunbar pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunbar, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 132. 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 Dunbar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Dunbar: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunbar workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 434 commuters (the 10% 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 far it is to work from Dunbar
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.
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 Dunbar: questions
What is the median household income in Dunbar?
$57,045 (±$12,870) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunbar?
14.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunbar?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunbar work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dunbar Township (10%, 2 mi), Connellsville (9%, 3 mi), North Union Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dunbar without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunbar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunbar
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.