Photo: Avicennasis · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Monroeville has 1.7 jobs per working resident, and 19,737 people come in to work
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh. 21,713 jobs are based in Monroeville for 12,457 working residents. Monroeville grades B for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Monroeville in brief
Monroeville is where the jobs are
Monroeville has 21,713 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Monroeville draws workers from far and wide
The 21,713 jobs in Monroeville are filled from a wide area. Monroeville’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 27%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Monroeville works from home
25% of Monroeville workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
31% of Monroeville works in Pittsburgh
3,817 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 11 miles away. That’s more than work in Monroeville itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Monroeville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Monroeville is better than 61% of U.S. towns, #573 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Monroeville’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Monroeville could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Monroeville
On a workday 10,481 residents head out to work and 1,976 work right here.
About 37,000 people are in Monroeville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where Monroeville’s workers come from
Where Monroeville clocks in
31% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monroeville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,245 commuters (the 25% 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 kinds of work in Monroeville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monroeville, 2013 → 2023: 23,146 → 21,713. 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 Monroeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Monroeville
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Monroeville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Monroeville is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #336 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,634 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 57% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 6% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.7% of Monroeville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Monroeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Monroeville ranks: 868th of 1,509 U.S. towns of 19,000 to 37,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| 4 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 12 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Horsham Township PA | 27,882 | $122K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 866 | Ithaca NY | 33,632 | $49K | 30.4% | 7.3% | 17% | B |
| 867 | Pooler GA | 32,744 | $92K | 7.4% | 6.1% | 16% | B |
| 868 | Monroeville PA | 27,685 | $79K | 10.7% | 4.8% | 16% | B |
| 869 | Cabot AR | 27,711 | $75K | 11.2% | 3.3% | 17% | B |
| 870 | San Fernando CA | 23,449 | $83K | 9.9% | 6.7% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Monroeville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Monroeville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Murrysville (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monroeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroeville | – | B | A− | 25 min | $79,218 |
| Murrysville | 2% | A | C+ | 29 min | $121,823 |
| Plum | 2% | A | B | 31 min | $98,705 |
| Penn Hills | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Trafford | under 2% | B+ | A | 25 min | $65,839 |
| Level Green | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Penn Township | under 2% | A | B− | 31 min | $113,086 |
| Wilkins Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $65,625 |
| Turtle Creek | under 2% | C− | A+ | 30 min | $45,997 |
| North Versailles Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $53,353 |
| Wilmerding | under 2% | C− | A+ | 44 min | $36,467 |
Same-state neighbors only. Level Green: 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 Monroeville’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 Monroeville: questions
What is the median household income in Monroeville?
$79,218 (±$3,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monroeville?
10.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monroeville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monroeville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (31%, 11 mi), Murrysville (2%, 6 mi), Plum (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Monroeville walkable?
Monroeville is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Monroeville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 6% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monroeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monroeville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.