Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPittsburgh draws about half of O'Hara Township’s working residents
Measured by household income, O'Hara Township is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. O'Hara Township grades A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 8.1 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets O'Hara Township apart on work
O'Hara Township fills up on a workday
O'Hara Township has 12,954 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 18,000 people are in town, more than double the 8,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of O'Hara Township works in Pittsburgh
1,817 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 6.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in O'Hara Township itself. The commute map ↓
O'Hara Township draws workers from far and wide
The 12,954 jobs in O'Hara Township are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 26%; the other 72% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most O'Hara Township residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Most jobs in O'Hara Township pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in O'Hara Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in O'Hara Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, O'Hara Township is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #182 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, O'Hara Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
A workday in O'Hara Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,789 residents head out to work, 287 work right here, and 12,667 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in O'Hara Township on a workday afternoon, 100% more than live here.
3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where O'Hara Township’s workers come from
Where O'Hara Township clocks in
45% of workers
2% of workers
1% 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.
O'Hara Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
A place that makes things: 33% of O'Hara Township’s jobs are in goods
12,954 jobs are based in O'Hara Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in O'Hara Township, 2014 → 2024: 14,994 → 12,954. 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 O'Hara Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from O'Hara Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of O'Hara Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,077 commuters (the 22% 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: O'Hara Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, O'Hara Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #329 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% 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 3,955 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 5.5% of O'Hara Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of O'Hara Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How O'Hara Township ranks: 480th of 2,907 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 478 | Battlefield MO | 6,361 | $95K | 4.3% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 479 | Berkley MA | 6,950 | $144K | 2.1% | 5.0% | 6% | A |
| 480 | O'Hara Township PA | 8,909 | $117K | 5.4% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| 481 | Clay Township PA | 7,081 | $84K | 5.4% | 0.8% | 9% | A |
| 482 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 O'Hara Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
47% of O'Hara Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Pittsburgh (45%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | O'Hara Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Hara Township | – | A | A− | 24 min | $117,276 |
| Fox Chapel | 1% | A | B+ | 27 min | $243,625 |
| Sharpsburg | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 25 min | $59,228 |
| Blawnox | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 21 min | $60,333 |
| Aspinwall | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 24 min | $107,000 |
| Pittsburgh | 45% | C+ | A+ | 23 min | $65,742 |
| Oakmont | under 2% | B+ | A | 26 min | $92,782 |
| Penn Hills | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Verona | under 2% | C | A+ | 22 min | $48,733 |
| Shaler Township | 1% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $95,654 |
| Indiana Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 24 min | $115,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of O'Hara Township’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 O'Hara Township: questions
What is the median household income in O'Hara Township?
$117,276 (±$13,906) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in O'Hara Township?
5.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from O'Hara Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in O'Hara Township work?
7% work in town.
Is O'Hara Township walkable?
O'Hara Township is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around O'Hara Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from O'Hara Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of O'Hara Township
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. 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.