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Jobs & commute in Kilbuck Township

Jobs, income and commuting in Kilbuck Township, PA

The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26). Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Kilbuck Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (24%, 9 miles).

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

What stands out · In brief

The commute and the jobs: Kilbuck Township in brief

Most Kilbuck Township residents work close to home

63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓

Home offices are common in Kilbuck Township

24% of Kilbuck Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. 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 296 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · How far

Where in the region Kilbuck Township works

10 mi25 mi30 miPittsburgh: 24% · 8.8 miRobinson Township: 4% · 4.9 miSewickley: 4% · 4.2 miMoon Township: 3% · 5.7 miHomestead: 3% · 12.9 miCranberry Township: 3% · 12.9 miNorth Fayette Township: 3% · 9.7 miPine Township: 2% · 9 miRoss Township: 2% · 4 miLeetsdale: 2% · 6.7 miPittsburgh 24%Robinson Township 4%Sewickley 4%Moon Township 3%Homestead 3%Kilbuck Township
Kilbuck TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
63%Under 10 mi187 residents
26%10–24 mi76 residents
4%25–50 mi12 residents
7%Over 50 mi20 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.

Time on the road

Each way, about 22 minutes from Kilbuck Township

A year of commuting
169 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Kilbuck Township22 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

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

About 2 in 10
How Kilbuck Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
6%Carpool
1%Transit
2%Other

Share of the 253 commuters (the 24% 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.

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Kilbuck Township

On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere.

294live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
214work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night740
Workday660
740live here− 290head out to work+ 210come in to work= 660on a workday

About 660 people are in Kilbuck Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.73jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.73 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Kilbuck Township ends

Ben Avon HeightsBen AvonEmsworthAvalonHomestead: 9 residents work here (3%)Leetsdale: 6 residents work here (2%)Sewickley: 12 residents work here (4%)West ViewAmbridgeEconomyPittsburgh: 71 residents work here (24%)Robinson Township: 13 residents work here (4%)Moon Township: 10 residents work here (3%)Neville TownshipAleppo TownshipOhio TownshipCranberry Township: 9 residents work here (3%)Pine Township: 7 residents work here (2%)Kilbuck TownshipRoss Township: 7 residents work here (2%)North Fayette Township: 8 residents work here (3%)PittsburghRobinson TownshipSewickleyMoon TownshipHomesteadCranberry TownshipKilbuck Township
1
Pittsburgh8.8 mi away
24%71
24%13
3
Sewickley4.2 mi away
4%12
4
Moon Township5.7 mi away
3%10
5
Homestead12.9 mi away
3%9
6
Cranberry Township12.9 mi away
3%9
73%8
8
Pine Township9 mi away
2%7
9
Ross Township4 mi away
2%7
10
Leetsdale6.7 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%144
The top trips

Where Kilbuck Township clocks in

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

Kilbuck Township makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods

216 jobs are based in Kilbuck Township.

Jobs based in Kilbuck TownshipJobs Kilbuck Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms30%6%
Trade, transport & utilities2%16%
Services: health, schools, offices68%78%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%16%
Over $3,333 a month48%73%

Who does it

29 or younger28%17%
30 to 5447%48%
55 and older25%35%
+2%

Jobs based in Kilbuck Township, 2014 → 2024: 212 → 216. 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 Kilbuck Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Next door

Kilbuck Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownKilbuck Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Kilbuck Township–——22 min$123,875
Emsworthunder 3%BA−24 min$64,816
Ben Avonunder 3%A−A+23 min$102,869
Ben Avon Heightsunder 3%——22 min—
Ohio Townshipunder 3%AC+22 min$153,333
Avalonunder 3%B−A+24 min$51,250
Neville Townshipunder 3%B−A22 min$61,094
Aleppo Townshipunder 3%A−C−23 min$78,750

Same-state neighbors only. Ben Avon Heights: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Kilbuck Township’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 Kilbuck Township: questions

What is the median household income in Kilbuck Township?

$123,875 (±$13,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Kilbuck Township?

2.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Kilbuck Township?

22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Kilbuck Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (24%, 9 mi), Robinson Township (4%, 5 mi), Sewickley (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Kilbuck Township without a car?

1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Kilbuck Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Kilbuck Township

Kilbuck Township home →

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.