Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Herminie commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. Herminie has 60 jobs, and 322 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Herminie for work; outside it, Hempfield Township is the main destination (8%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Herminie in brief
Herminie is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Herminie, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Herminie has about 440 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Herminie are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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 322 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Herminie quiets down on a workday
On a workday 320 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Herminie on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Time on the road from Herminie: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Herminie workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 263 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.
Where Herminie’s working residents head each day
Where Herminie clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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 Herminie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Herminie, 2014 → 2024: 69 → 60. 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 Herminie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Herminie goes to work
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 Herminie: questions
What is the median household income in Herminie?
$68,125 (±$21,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Herminie?
37.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Herminie?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Herminie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hempfield Township (8%, 7 mi), North Huntingdon Township (8%, 5 mi), Pittsburgh (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Herminie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Herminie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Herminie
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.