Most of Leith-Hatfield commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Leith-Hatfield; the top destination outside it is Uniontown (12%, 2 miles). 525 jobs are based in Leith-Hatfield, against 1,038 working residents. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Leith-Hatfield: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Leith-Hatfield
63% of Leith-Hatfield residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Leith-Hatfield pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Leith-Hatfield 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, and quicker than any town next door (24 to 27 minutes). 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.
What Leith-Hatfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leith-Hatfield, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 525. 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 Leith-Hatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Leith-Hatfield: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leith-Hatfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 974 commuters (the 13% 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.
Leith-Hatfield by day and by night
On a workday 1,021 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Leith-Hatfield on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
The towns that employ Leith-Hatfield’s residents
Where Leith-Hatfield clocks in
12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Leith-Hatfield
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Bordering towns draw 16% of Leith-Hatfield’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leith-Hatfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leith-Hatfield | – | — | — | 20 min | $91,823 |
| Uniontown | 12% | D | A | 24 min | $35,454 |
| Georges Township | 4% | B | C | 27 min | $90,443 |
| East Uniontown | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Uniontown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Uniontown. Darker towns draw more of Leith-Hatfield’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 Leith-Hatfield: questions
What is the median household income in Leith-Hatfield?
$91,823 (±$27,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leith-Hatfield?
5.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leith-Hatfield?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leith-Hatfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Uniontown (12%, 2 mi), South Union Township (10%, 1 mi), North Union Township (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leith-Hatfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leith-Hatfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leith-Hatfield
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.