Photo: Nyttend · Public domainPetrolia draws 259 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Petrolia itself; outside it, Butler draws the most (10%, 14 miles). 262 jobs are based in Petrolia; 103 of its residents have a job. For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Petrolia
On a workday 100 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 330 people are in Petrolia on a workday afternoon, 93% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Petrolia’s workforce comes from
Where Petrolia clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
84% of the jobs in Petrolia make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Petrolia, 2014 → 2024: 426 → 262. 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 Petrolia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way for Petrolia’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Petrolia workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 2% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Petrolia
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 Petrolia: questions
What is the median household income in Petrolia?
$56,250 (±$24,584) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Petrolia?
8.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Petrolia?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Petrolia work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (10%, 14 mi), Pittsburgh (8%, 42 mi), Butler Township (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Petrolia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Petrolia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Petrolia
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.