Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Laboratory has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Laboratory report 51 jobs, and 290 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Laboratory; the top destination outside it is Washington (12%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Laboratory
Laboratory is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Laboratory, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laboratory has about 430 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Laboratory workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Laboratory are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 290 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Laboratory for work, and who comes in
On a workday 290 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Laboratory on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Time on the road from Laboratory: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laboratory workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 0% 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 Laboratory goes to work
Where Laboratory clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
What Laboratory’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laboratory, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 51. 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 Laboratory’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Laboratory commutes less than 12 miles
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.
Work in the towns next to Laboratory
The biggest share goes to South Strabane Township (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laboratory workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory | – | — | — | 20 min | $80,167 |
| South Strabane Township | 8% | B+ | C | 21 min | $87,847 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laboratory’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 Laboratory: questions
What is the median household income in Laboratory?
$80,167 (±$72,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laboratory?
23.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laboratory?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laboratory work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (12%, 2 mi), South Strabane Township (8%, 2 mi), Pittsburgh (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laboratory without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laboratory, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laboratory
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.