Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Rennerdale commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Rennerdale; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (23%, 9 miles). Employers in Rennerdale report 75 jobs; 511 of its residents have a job. For 24% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Rennerdale, in brief
Rennerdale is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Rennerdale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rennerdale has about 630 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Rennerdale residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Rennerdale’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
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; with 511 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Rennerdale by day
On a workday 510 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Rennerdale on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rennerdale
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 commute of about 28 minutes in Rennerdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rennerdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 405 commuters (the 24% 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.
The towns that employ Rennerdale’s residents
Where Rennerdale clocks in
23% 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.
Making and building: 67% of jobs based in Rennerdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rennerdale, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 75. 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 Rennerdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Rennerdale: questions
What is the median household income in Rennerdale?
$120,167 (±$39,919) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rennerdale?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rennerdale?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rennerdale work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (23%, 9 mi), Collier Township (6%, 0 mi), Robinson Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rennerdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rennerdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rennerdale
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.