Edward Saeger House · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 2.2 jobs in Saegertown for every working resident, and 754 people commute in
772 jobs are based in Saegertown; 346 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Saegertown itself; outside it, Meadville draws the most (20%, 5 miles). At home: 6% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Saegertown in brief
Saegertown is where the jobs are
Saegertown has 772 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,300 people are in town, 51% more than the 840 who live here. Day and night ↓
Saegertown makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Saegertown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Saegertown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
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 346 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Saegertown
On a workday 328 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Saegertown on a workday afternoon, 51% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Saegertown, 67% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saegertown, 2014 → 2024: 734 → 772. 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 Saegertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Saegertown’s workers come from
Where Saegertown clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Saegertown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saegertown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Saegertown commutes less than 7 miles
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 12% of Saegertown
The biggest share goes to Hayfield Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Saegertown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saegertown | – | — | — | 22 min | $69,375 |
| Woodcock Township | 5% | C | D | 23 min | $66,719 |
| Hayfield Township | 7% | B+ | D | 19 min | $72,238 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Saegertown’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 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 Saegertown: questions
What is the median household income in Saegertown?
$69,375 (±$18,054) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saegertown?
4.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saegertown?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saegertown work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meadville (20%, 5 mi), Vernon Township (9%, 8 mi), Hayfield Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Saegertown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saegertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saegertown
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.