Work, pay and getting to work in Linesville
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Pennsylvania. 2% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Only 6% work in Linesville; the top destination outside it is Meadville (14%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Linesville apart on work
Linesville makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Linesville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Linesville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Few Linesville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Linesville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Linesville went from 315 in 2013 to 436 in 2023, +38%. The jobs ↓
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 353 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Factories, building and farms: 42% of the jobs in Linesville
436 jobs are based in Linesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Linesville, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 436. 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 Linesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Linesville: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Linesville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 3% 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.
Who leaves Linesville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 331 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).
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 places Linesville commutes to
Where Linesville clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
Linesville’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
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 Linesville: questions
What is the median household income in Linesville?
$54,000 (±$19,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Linesville?
16.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Linesville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Linesville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (14%, 14 mi), Vernon Township (10%, 11 mi), Erie (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Linesville without a car?
0% 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 Linesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Linesville
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.