Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Export has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Export report 238 jobs; 446 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Export itself; outside it, Murrysville draws the most (15%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Export apart
Where the trip to work from Export ends
Where Export clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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 works in Export, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Export on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Export works in goods: 49% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Export, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 238. 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 Export’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Export: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Export workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 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.
Export’s commute, mile by mile
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 Export: questions
What is the median household income in Export?
$56,316 (±$10,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Export?
9.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Export?
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 Export work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Murrysville (15%, 3 mi), Pittsburgh (12%, 19 mi), Monroeville (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Export without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Export, from the people who make the trip.
More of Export
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.