Oliver has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 1,589 people commute in to work
For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%. 1,652 jobs are based in Oliver for 940 working residents. Only 7% work in Oliver itself; outside it, North Union Township draws the most (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oliver, in a few figures
Oliver is where the jobs are
Oliver has 1,652 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Oliver are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Oliver workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 940 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Oliver by day and by night
On a workday 877 residents head out to work and 63 work right here.
About 3,100 people are in Oliver on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The trip to work from Oliver: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oliver workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,107 commuters (the 1% 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.
Commuting in to Oliver: where workers come from
Where Oliver clocks in
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Oliver
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oliver, 2013 → 2023: 1,667 → 1,652. 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 Oliver’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Oliver
About 15% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Oliver
The biggest share goes to Uniontown (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oliver workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver | – | — | — | 18 min | $55,602 |
| Uniontown | 8% | D | A | 24 min | $35,454 |
| East Uniontown | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Uniontown: 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 Oliver’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 Oliver: questions
What is the median household income in Oliver?
$55,602 (±$12,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oliver?
25.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oliver?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oliver work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are North Union Township (15%, 2 mi), South Union Township (9%, 3 mi), Uniontown (8%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oliver without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oliver, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oliver
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.