Photo: Brastins · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Fox Chapel are among the highest of any U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The poverty rate is 3.2%, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. For jobs and income Fox Chapel is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fox Chapel, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Fox Chapel than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Fox Chapel fell from 4,530 in 2013 to 1,009 in 2023, −78%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Fox Chapel works in Pittsburgh
1,069 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 7.5 miles away. That’s 16 times as many as work in Fox Chapel itself. The commute map ↓
Most Fox Chapel residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Fox Chapel is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fox Chapel
78% of Fox Chapel residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 57% of the jobs based in Fox Chapel pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Fox Chapel
Household income holds Fox Chapel’s grade up ($243,625, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fox Chapel could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Most jobs in Fox Chapel are in services
1,009 jobs are based in Fox Chapel.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fox Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 4,530 → 1,009. 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 Fox Chapel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
49% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Fox Chapel clocks in
49% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Fox Chapel
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.
A workday in Fox Chapel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,124 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 937 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Fox Chapel on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.46 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 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Fox Chapel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fox Chapel workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,770 commuters (the 22% 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.
Few in Fox Chapel walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,256 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 16% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 3.2% of Fox Chapel households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fox Chapel’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,627 U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900, Fox Chapel comes 443rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 31 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 441 | Sunnyslope WA | 3,706 | $136K | 4.1% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| 442 | Atlantic Highlands NJ | 4,417 | $126K | 4.6% | 3.9% | 6% | A |
| 443 | Fox Chapel PA | 5,139 | $244K | 3.2% | 5.6% | 3% | A |
| 444 | East Basin UT | 4,002 | $146K | 7.5% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| 445 | Hartford SD | 3,635 | $100K | 5.5% | 0.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Fox Chapel, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Fox Chapel and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to O'Hara Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fox Chapel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Chapel | – | A | B+ | 27 min | $243,625 |
| O'Hara Township | 5% | A | A− | 24 min | $117,276 |
| Indiana Township | 1% | A | C+ | 24 min | $115,375 |
| Harmar Township | under 1% | B | A | 25 min | $65,075 |
| Aspinwall | 1% | A+ | A+ | 24 min | $107,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fox Chapel’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 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 Fox Chapel: questions
What is the median household income in Fox Chapel?
$243,625 (±$39,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fox Chapel?
3.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fox Chapel?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fox Chapel work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (49%, 8 mi), O'Hara Township (5%, 2 mi), McCandless Township (2%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fox Chapel walkable?
Fox Chapel is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fox Chapel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 16% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fox Chapel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fox Chapel
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. 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.