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Jobs & commute in Wall

Work and commuting in Wall

Hardly any stay in Wall for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (26%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 23 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Wall report 181 jobs; 214 of its residents have a job.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

181 jobs based here
Household income
$54K
median · Pennsylvania $78K
Poverty
27.2%
Pennsylvania 11.7%
Unemployment
3.7%
Pennsylvania 5.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
23 min
Pennsylvania 26 · U.S. 26
Work in town
<1%
1 of 214 working residents
Work from home
13%
Pennsylvania 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Wall

On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.

213live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
180work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night490
Workday460
490live here− 210head out to work+ 180come in to work= 460on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.85jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Wall ends

WilmerdingWallTraffordWilkinsburg: 4 residents work here (2%)McKeesport: 8 residents work here (4%)White Oak: 8 residents work here (4%)West Mifflin: 7 residents work here (3%)Monroeville: 10 residents work here (5%)Murrysville: 5 residents work here (2%)Pittsburgh: 56 residents work here (26%)North Versailles Township: 13 residents work here (6%)Hempfield Township: 4 residents work here (2%)North Huntingdon Township: 8 residents work here (4%)Penn TownshipElizabeth TownshipPittsburghNorth Versailles TownshipMonroevilleMcKeesportWhite OakNorth Huntingdon TownshipWall
1
Pittsburgh10.5 mi away
26%56
2
North Versailles Township1.6 mi away
6%13
3
Monroeville2.7 mi away
5%10
4
McKeesport4.6 mi away
4%8
5
White Oak3.7 mi away
4%8
6
North Huntingdon Township5.1 mi away
4%8
7
West Mifflin6.7 mi away
3%7
8
Murrysville7.6 mi away
2%5
9
Wilkinsburg5.9 mi away
2%4
10
Hempfield Township13 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%91
The top trips

Where Wall clocks in

26% of workers
10.5 mi awayPittsburgh56 Wall residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6%North Versailles Township
6% of workers
1.6 mi awayNorth Versailles Township13 Wall residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
2.7 mi awayMonroeville10 Wall residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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 Wall

Jobs based in WallJobs Wall residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms14%13%
Trade, transport & utilities43%21%
Services: health, schools, offices43%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%22%
Over $3,333 a month35%60%

Who does it

29 or younger7%27%
30 to 5434%42%
55 and older60%31%
−32%

Jobs based in Wall, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 181. 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 Wall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 23 minutes in Wall

A year of commuting
173 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Wall23 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

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

About 1 in 10
How Wall gets to work
86%Drive alone
14%Carpool
<1%Walk

Share of the 226 commuters (the 13% 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 Wall goes to work

10 mi25 mi30 miPittsburgh: 26% · 10.5 miNorth Versailles Township: 6% · 1.6 miMonroeville: 5% · 2.7 miMcKeesport: 4% · 4.6 miWhite Oak: 4% · 3.7 miNorth Huntingdon Township: 4% · 5.1 miWest Mifflin: 3% · 6.7 miMurrysville: 2% · 7.6 miWilkinsburg: 2% · 5.9 miHempfield Township: 2% · 13 miPittsburgh 26%Monroeville 5%McKeesport 4%White Oak 4%Wall
WallTop destinations (size = commuters)
53%Under 10 mi112 residents
34%10–24 mi73 residents
4%25–50 mi9 residents
9%Over 50 mi19 residents

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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Wall

The biggest share goes to North Versailles Township (6%).

North Versailles Township: 6% of workers work hereWilmerding: few work hereNorth Versailles TownshipWilmerdingWall
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Wall23 min
North Versailles Township29 min
Wilmerding44 min
North Versailles Township6% of Wall works hereWilmerdingunder 2% of Wall

Jobs & commute next door

TownWall workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Wall–——23 min$54,063
North Versailles Township6%B−A−29 min$53,353
Wilmerdingunder 2%C−A+44 min$36,467

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

Darker towns draw more of Wall’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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Wall: questions

What is the median household income in Wall?

$54,063 (±$25,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Wall?

27.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Wall?

23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Wall work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (26%, 10 mi), North Versailles Township (6%, 2 mi), Monroeville (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Wall without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Wall

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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.