Photo: Tim Tierney · CC BY-SA 4.0At 7.0%, unemployment in Sewickley is higher than in 82% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.5 in Pittsburgh. The two grades for Sewickley are B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 34% of workers, 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 in Sewickley: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Sewickley
34% of Sewickley workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Sewickley is where the jobs are
Sewickley has 2,726 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Sewickley is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Sewickley’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sewickley is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #507 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Sewickley’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sewickley could be anywhere from B− to A.
Sewickley’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sewickley workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,343 commuters (the 34% 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.
Who commutes out of Sewickley, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,396 residents head out to work, 175 work right here, and 2,551 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Sewickley on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sewickley
2,726 jobs are based in Sewickley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sewickley, 2014 → 2024: 2,776 → 2,726. 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 Sewickley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Sewickley
Where Sewickley clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Half of Sewickley commutes less than 11 miles
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Sewickley
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sewickley is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #8 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Sewickley near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,022 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 11.3% of Sewickley households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sewickley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sewickley places 1,445th of 4,318 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,443 | Hyde Park VT | 2,958 | $84K | 5.9% | 1.0% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,444 | Lena IL | 2,670 | $73K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,445 | Sewickley PA | 3,729 | $101K | 8.1% | 7.0% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,446 | Ridge Township OH | 3,362 | $76K | 9.5% | 1.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,447 | Pretty Bayou FL | 2,906 | $85K | 5.8% | 4.7% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Sewickley, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Sewickley
The biggest share goes to Moon Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sewickley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewickley | – | B+ | A+ | 22 min | $101,053 |
| Sewickley Heights | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Moon Township | 5% | A | B+ | 28 min | $113,170 |
| Aleppo Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 23 min | $78,750 |
| Edgeworth | 2% | A+ | A | 25 min | $202,813 |
| Glen Osborne | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sewickley Heights and Glen Osborne: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sewickley’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 Sewickley: questions
What is the median household income in Sewickley?
$101,053 (±$7,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sewickley?
8.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sewickley?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sewickley work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (26%, 13 mi), Moon Township (5%, 3 mi), Findlay Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sewickley walkable?
Sewickley is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.2 out of 20, and 21% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sewickley without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sewickley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sewickley
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. 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.