Photo: Nyttend · Public domainShippingport draws 252 commuters a day, with 3.5 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. 252 jobs are based in Shippingport, and 71 of its residents work somewhere. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Shippingport for work, and who comes in
On a workday 71 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 340 people are in Shippingport on a workday afternoon, 117% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Shippingport: where workers come from
Where Shippingport clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Shippingport makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shippingport, 2014 → 2024: 630 → 252. 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 Shippingport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Shippingport’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shippingport workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 2% 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.
Miles to work from Shippingport
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 14% of Shippingport
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shippingport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shippingport | – | — | — | 27 min | $62,917 |
| Raccoon Township | under 2% | B | C− | 26 min | $84,792 |
| Greene Township | 14% | B | B− | 25 min | $103,750 |
| Industry | under 2% | B− | B− | 28 min | $75,694 |
| Potter Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Potter Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greene Township. Darker towns draw more of Shippingport’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 Shippingport: questions
What is the median household income in Shippingport?
$62,917 (±$15,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shippingport?
11.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shippingport?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shippingport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greene Township (14%, 4 mi), Findlay Township (11%, 12 mi), Moon Township (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Shippingport 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 Shippingport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shippingport
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.