With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Meridian works elsewhere
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26. 445 jobs are based in Meridian, and 1,683 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Meridian itself; outside it, Butler Township draws the most (17%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Meridian: the figures worth knowing
Meridian makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Meridian are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Meridian residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Meridian’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Meridian is Pittsburgh, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (197) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Meridian is a place people come home to
There are 445 jobs based in Meridian, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Meridian has about 2,600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Goods, not services: 48% of the jobs in Meridian
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meridian, 2014 → 2024: 570 → 445. 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 Meridian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Meridian
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.
Who leaves Meridian for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,662 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Meridian on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Meridian commutes to
Where Meridian clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meridian workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,590 commuters (the 12% 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.
Work in the towns next to Meridian
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Meridian workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian | – | — | — | 23 min | $79,191 |
| Homeacre-Lyndora | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Homeacre-Lyndora: 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 Meridian’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Meridian: questions
What is the median household income in Meridian?
$79,191 (±$14,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meridian?
3.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meridian?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meridian work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler Township (17%, 2 mi), Pittsburgh (12%, 28 mi), Butler (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Meridian 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 Meridian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meridian
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.