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Jobs & commute in Joffre

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Joffre works elsewhere

For 27% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Joffre has 26 jobs, against 194 working residents. Only 1% work in Joffre; the top destination outside it is Smith Township (11%, 2 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

26 jobs based here
Poverty
31.8%
Pennsylvania 11.7%
Unemployment
4.4%
Pennsylvania 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
30 min
Pennsylvania 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
2 of 194 working residents
Work from home
27%
Pennsylvania 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How many people are in Joffre by day

On a workday 192 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.

192live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
24work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night610
Workday440
610live here− 190head out to work+ 24come in to work= 440on a workday

About 440 people are in Joffre on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Joffre: the destinations

WintersvilleSalemSteubenvilleBurgettstownCraftonVandergriftCanonsburg: 5 residents work here (3%)Oil CityFox ChapelPittsburgh: 15 residents work here (8%)Weirton: 8 residents work here (4%)Moon Township: 10 residents work here (5%)North Strabane Township: 7 residents work here (4%)Hanover Township: 6 residents work here (3%)Findlay Township: 6 residents work here (3%)North Fayette Township: 7 residents work here (4%)Smith Township: 21 residents work here (11%)Chartiers Township: 7 residents work here (4%)JoffreBulgerSmith TownshipPittsburghMoon TownshipWeirtonNorth Strabane TownshipNorth Fayette TownshipJoffre
1
Smith Township1.5 mi away
11%21
2
Pittsburgh20.3 mi away
8%15
3
Moon Township11.7 mi away
5%10
4
Weirton, WV11.2 mi away
4%8
5
North Strabane Township15 mi away
4%7
6
North Fayette Township7.3 mi away
4%7
7
Chartiers Township10.5 mi away
4%7
8
Hanover Township6.5 mi away
3%6
9
Findlay Township7.7 mi away
3%6
10
Canonsburg11.9 mi away
3%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%102
The top trips

Where Joffre clocks in

11% of workers
1.5 mi awaySmith Township21 Joffre residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
20.3 mi awayPittsburgh15 Joffre residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
11.7 mi awayMoon Township10 Joffre residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Joffre

Jobs based in JoffreJobs Joffre residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms15%22%
Trade, transport & utilities31%22%
Services: health, schools, offices54%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%20%
Over $3,333 a month62%66%

Who does it

29 or younger8%19%
30 to 5454%53%
55 and older38%28%
+136%

Jobs based in Joffre, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 26. 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 Joffre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Joffre takes about 30 minutes

A year of commuting
233 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Joffre30 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
27%

of Joffre workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Joffre gets to work
87%Drive alone
13%Carpool

Share of the 220 commuters (the 27% 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

Half of Joffre commutes less than 14 miles

10 mi25 mi30 miSmith Township: 11% · 1.5 miPittsburgh: 8% · 20.3 miMoon Township: 5% · 11.7 miWeirton: 4% · 11.2 miNorth Strabane Township: 4% · 15 miNorth Fayette Township: 4% · 7.3 miChartiers Township: 4% · 10.5 miHanover Township: 3% · 6.5 miFindlay Township: 3% · 7.7 miCanonsburg: 3% · 11.9 miSmith Township 11%Pittsburgh 8%Moon Township 5%Weirton 4%North Strabane Township 4%Joffre
JoffreTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi48 residents
59%10–24 mi114 residents
8%25–50 mi16 residents
7%Over 50 mi14 residents

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.

Next door

Joffre and its neighbors

Bulger: few work hereBulgerJoffre
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
Bulgerunder 3% of Joffre

Jobs & commute next door

TownJoffre workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Joffre–——30 min—
Bulgerunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Bulger: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Joffre’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Joffre: questions

What is the poverty rate in Joffre?

31.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Joffre?

30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Joffre work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Smith Township (11%, 2 mi), Pittsburgh (8%, 20 mi), Moon Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Joffre without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Joffre, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

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RankingsTop towns in PAShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.