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Jobs & commute in Pine Township

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine Township works elsewhere

Pine Township has 17 jobs, and 151 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Pine Township itself; outside it, Madison Township draws the most (7%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Pine Township by day

On a workday 150 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.

150live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
16work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night350
Workday210
350live here− 150head out to work+ 16come in to work= 210on a workday

About 210 people are in Pine Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Pine Township commutes to

New Bethlehem: 2 residents work here (1%)Kittanning: 4 residents work here (3%)Parker: 3 residents work here (2%)FreeportButler: 3 residents work here (2%)MurrysvillePittsburgh: 10 residents work here (7%)Butler Township: 5 residents work here (3%)Winfield Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Boggs TownshipPenn TownshipCenter TownshipWashington TownshipWest Franklin TownshipMahoning TownshipPaint Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Madison Township: 11 residents work here (7%)Pine TownshipRayburn TownshipEast Franklin Township: 10 residents work here (7%)TempletonMadison TownshipPittsburghEast Franklin TownshipButler TownshipKittanningWinfield TownshipPine Township
1
Madison Township2.8 mi away
7%11
2
Pittsburgh44 mi away
7%10
37%10
4
Butler Township26.4 mi away
3%5
5
Kittanning8 mi away
3%4
6
Winfield Township19.1 mi away
3%4
7
Paint Township22.1 mi away
3%4
8
Parker17.7 mi away
2%3
9
Butler24.8 mi away
2%3
10
New Bethlehem7.9 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%95
The top trips

Where Pine Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods, not services: 53% of the jobs in Pine Township

Jobs based in Pine TownshipJobs Pine Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms53%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices47%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month59%34%
Over $3,333 a month18%54%

Who does it

29 or younger18%25%
30 to 5453%52%
55 and older29%23%
+750%

Jobs based in Pine Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 17. 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 Pine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 33 minutes from Pine Township

A year of commuting
256 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pine Township33 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Pine Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Pine Township gets to work
93%Drive alone
5%Carpool
2%Walk

Share of the 111 commuters (the 14% 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.

How far

How many miles Pine Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 miMadison Township: 7% · 2.8 miPittsburgh: 7% · 44 miEast Franklin Township: 7% · 7.9 miButler Township: 3% · 26.4 miKittanning: 3% · 8 miWinfield Township: 3% · 19.1 miPaint Township: 3% · 22.1 miParker: 2% · 17.7 miButler: 2% · 24.8 miNew Bethlehem: 1% · 7.9 miMadison Township 7%Pittsburgh 7%Kittanning 3%Pine Township
Pine TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi34 residents
31%10–24 mi47 residents
32%25–50 mi48 residents
15%Over 50 mi22 residents

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

Pine Township and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Mahoning Township22 min
Boggs Township31 min
Pine Township33 min
Washington Township34 min
Madison Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownPine Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pine Township–——33 min$57,000
Madison Township7%——34 min—
Washington Townshipunder 2%——34 min—
Mahoning Townshipunder 2%DB−22 min$53,056
Boggs Townshipunder 2%——31 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Madison Township, Washington Township and Boggs Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Madison Township. Darker towns draw more of Pine Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pine Township: questions

What is the median household income in Pine Township?

$57,000 (±$20,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Pine Township?

9.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Pine Township?

33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Pine Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison Township (7%, 3 mi), Pittsburgh (7%, 44 mi), East Franklin Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Pine Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Pine Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Pine Township

Pine Township home →

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.