Photo: Jz7641 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Versailles are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 20.1% of residents (Pennsylvania 11.7%). The two grades for Versailles are C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Versailles: the figures worth knowing
How Versailles earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Versailles is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Versailles’ grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($42,500, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (8.3%) is left out: Versailles’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Versailles could be anywhere from C− to C+.
65% of the jobs in Versailles pay over $3,333 a month
664 jobs are based in Versailles.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Versailles, 2013 → 2023: 530 → 664. 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 Versailles’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Versailles, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 653 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 652 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Versailles clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Versailles’ commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Versailles workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 649 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Versailles to work
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.
Versailles is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Versailles is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 718 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 6.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 16.2% of Versailles households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Versailles’ commuters take a bus or train.
Versailles is 3,604th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,602 | Bon Aqua Junction TN | 1,586 | $44K | 12.7% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,603 | De Soto IL | 1,388 | $63K | 16.3% | 8.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,604 | Versailles PA | 1,406 | $43K | 20.1% | 8.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,605 | Knox PA | 1,068 | $69K | 12.9% | 7.5% | 6% | C |
| 3,606 | Jackson SC | 1,639 | $40K | 11.1% | 3.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Versailles, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Versailles compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to McKeesport (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Versailles workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Versailles | – | C | A+ | 24 min | $42,500 |
| McKeesport | 7% | D | A+ | 27 min | $34,219 |
| Elizabeth Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $80,589 |
| Boston | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lincoln | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Boston: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Lincoln: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Versailles’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 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 Versailles: questions
What is the median household income in Versailles?
$42,500 (±$13,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Versailles?
20.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Versailles?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Versailles work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (19%, 11 mi), McKeesport (7%, 2 mi), Monroeville (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Versailles walkable?
Versailles is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 18.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Versailles without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Versailles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Versailles
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. 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.