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Jobs & commute in Slickville

Slickville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Slickville has 14 jobs, against 108 working residents. Hardly any stay in Slickville for work; outside it, Hempfield Township is the main destination (7%, 13 miles). Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Slickville: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

108live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night150
Workday53
150live here− 110head out to work+ 14come in to work= 53on a workday

About 53 people are in Slickville on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Slickville to work: where people go

East McKeesportAronaArnoldWest HomesteadDelmontVandergriftIndianaGreensburg: 6 residents work here (6%)Monroeville: 5 residents work here (5%)Murrysville: 7 residents work here (6%)Pittsburgh: 3 residents work here (3%)Hempfield Township: 8 residents work here (7%)North Huntingdon Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Salem Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Center TownshipLoyalhanna Township: 4 residents work here (4%)Unity Township: 6 residents work here (6%)White Township: 4 residents work here (4%)SlickvilleHempfield TownshipMurrysvilleGreensburgUnity TownshipMonroevilleNorth Huntingdon TownshipSlickville
1
Hempfield Township12.9 mi away
7%8
2
Murrysville7.5 mi away
6%7
3
Greensburg10.5 mi away
6%6
4
Unity Township13.4 mi away
6%6
5
Monroeville13 mi away
5%5
74%4
84%4
9
White Township24.4 mi away
4%4
10
Pittsburgh24.1 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%57
The top trips

Where Slickville clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Slickville

Jobs based in SlickvilleJobs Slickville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%24%
Services: health, schools, offices79%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less36%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%31%
Over $3,333 a month29%56%

Who does it

29 or younger14%12%
30 to 5436%54%
55 and older50%34%
+0%

Jobs based in Slickville, 2014 → 2024: 14 → 14. 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 Slickville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 20 minutes from Slickville

A year of commuting
152 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Slickville20 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Slickville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Slickville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 74 commuters (the 9% 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 far

How far it is to work from Slickville

10 mi25 mi30 miHempfield Township: 7% · 12.9 miMurrysville: 6% · 7.5 miGreensburg: 6% · 10.5 miUnity Township: 6% · 13.4 miMonroeville: 5% · 13 miNorth Huntingdon Township: 4% · 14.6 miSalem Township: 4% · 3 miLoyalhanna Township: 4% · 5 miWhite Township: 4% · 24.4 miPittsburgh: 3% · 24.1 miHempfield Township 7%Murrysville 6%Greensburg 6%Unity Township 6%Slickville
SlickvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi28 residents
48%10–24 mi52 residents
16%25–50 mi17 residents
10%Over 50 mi11 residents

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

Work in the towns next to Slickville

The biggest share goes to Loyalhanna Township (4%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownSlickville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Slickville–——20 min$52,069
Loyalhanna Township4%BB−25 min$76,389

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Slickville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Slickville: questions

What is the median household income in Slickville?

$52,069 (±$19,271) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Slickville?

9.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Slickville?

20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Slickville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hempfield Township (7%, 13 mi), Murrysville (6%, 8 mi), Greensburg (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Slickville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Slickville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Slickville

Slickville home →

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.