A job hub: Meadowlands has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 1,039 people come in to work
Employers in Meadowlands report 1,049 jobs for 387 working residents. Only 3% work in Meadowlands itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (13%, 20 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Meadowlands and work: the main findings
Meadowlands fills up on a workday
Meadowlands has 1,049 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, more than double the 500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Meadowlands are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 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 387 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Meadowlands
On a workday 377 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Meadowlands on a workday afternoon, 134% more 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.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadowlands workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 7% 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.
The towns that send workers to Meadowlands
Where Meadowlands clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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 Meadowlands’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadowlands, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 1,049. 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 Meadowlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Meadowlands’ commute, mile by mile
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.
Meadowlands and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to South Strabane Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meadowlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlands | – | — | — | 19 min | $49,412 |
| South Strabane Township | 6% | B+ | C | 21 min | $87,847 |
| McGovern | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McGovern: 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 Meadowlands’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 Meadowlands: questions
What is the median household income in Meadowlands?
$49,412 (±$42,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadowlands?
10.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadowlands?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadowlands work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (13%, 20 mi), Chartiers Township (9%, 2 mi), Washington (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meadowlands 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 Meadowlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadowlands
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.