Photo: Nyttend · Public domainShelocta draws 72 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
8% of workers work from home (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 72 jobs in Shelocta; 39 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Shelocta itself; outside it, White Township draws the most (15%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Shelocta, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 39 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 130 people are in Shelocta on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Shelocta live
Where Shelocta clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
67% of the jobs in Shelocta make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shelocta, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 72. 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 Shelocta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Shelocta: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shelocta workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 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.
How many miles Shelocta commutes
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.
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 Shelocta: questions
What is the median household income in Shelocta?
$69,375 (±$53,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shelocta?
10.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shelocta?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shelocta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are White Township (15%, 9 mi), Indiana (5%, 8 mi), Murrysville (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shelocta 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 Shelocta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shelocta
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.