Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Rostraver Township
Rostraver Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 8% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. About one in ten stay in Rostraver Township for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (13%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rostraver Township
Rostraver Township trades workers with the towns around it
Rostraver Township has about as many jobs (4,594) as working residents (5,050), but they are mostly different people: 4,581 residents leave for work each day while 4,125 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Rostraver Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Rostraver Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rostraver Township
64% of Rostraver Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Rostraver Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How Rostraver Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rostraver Township is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #679 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Rostraver Township’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rostraver Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
A workday in Rostraver Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 4,581 residents head out to work, 469 work right here, and 4,125 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 4,594 jobs in Rostraver Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rostraver Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,637 → 4,594. 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 Rostraver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Rostraver Township goes to work
Where Rostraver Township clocks in
13% of workers
3% 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.
How long Rostraver Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rostraver Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,658 commuters (the 8% 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 distance from Rostraver Township to work
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.
Getting around Rostraver Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rostraver Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #662 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 5,058 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.9% of Rostraver Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rostraver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rostraver Township is 1,480th of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,478 | Johnstown NY | 8,021 | $64K | 8.4% | 3.1% | 22% | B− |
| 1,479 | Manchester VA | 12,445 | $80K | 12.7% | 6.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,480 | Rostraver Township PA | 11,455 | $73K | 13.7% | 3.6% | 9% | B− |
| 1,481 | East Grand Forks MN | 8,906 | $78K | 12.4% | 3.5% | 17% | B− |
| 1,482 | Bithlo FL | 10,486 | $92K | 26.0% | 3.7% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Rostraver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Rostraver Township
The biggest share goes to Monessen (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rostraver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostraver Township | – | B− | C+ | 29 min | $73,300 |
| Monessen | 2% | C− | A− | 24 min | $52,889 |
| South Huntingdon Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 26 min | $71,425 |
| Washington Township | under 2% | D | D | 32 min | $39,744 |
| West Newton | under 2% | C | A− | 30 min | $52,961 |
| North Belle Vernon | under 2% | C− | B | 24 min | $50,588 |
| Donora | under 2% | D | A | 31 min | $39,544 |
| Carroll Township | 2% | B− | B− | 30 min | $79,219 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 31 min | $67,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rostraver 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 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 Rostraver Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rostraver Township?
$73,300 (±$9,535) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rostraver Township?
13.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rostraver Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rostraver Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (13%, 21 mi), West Mifflin (3%, 14 mi), Hempfield Township (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rostraver Township walkable?
Rostraver Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rostraver Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rostraver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rostraver Township
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. 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.