With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Fellsburg works elsewhere
Fellsburg has 114 jobs, against 491 working residents. Hardly any work in Fellsburg; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (12%, 19 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fellsburg in brief
Fellsburg by day and by night
On a workday 488 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Fellsburg on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Commuting out of Fellsburg: the destinations
Where Fellsburg clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Fellsburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fellsburg, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 114. 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 Fellsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Fellsburg takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fellsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 13% 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 Fellsburg’s workers travel
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 Fellsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Fellsburg?
$101,094 (±$38,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fellsburg?
1.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fellsburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fellsburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (12%, 19 mi), Rostraver Township (12%, 2 mi), West Mifflin (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fellsburg without a car?
0% 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 Fellsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fellsburg
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.