North Washington has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
North Washington has 2 jobs, and 63 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in North Washington itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (10%, 43 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through North Washington
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 80 people are in North Washington on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Out of North Washington to work: where people go
Where North Washington clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 North Washington’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Washington, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 2. 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 North Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 33 minutes in North Washington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Washington workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from North Washington
About 19% 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 2024.
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 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 North Washington: questions
What is the poverty rate in North Washington?
41.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Washington?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Washington work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (10%, 43 mi), Butler Township (6%, 15 mi), Cherry Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around North Washington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Washington, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Washington
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.