Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Wilmerding has lower household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh. Below the poverty line: 29.8% of residents, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Wilmerding are C− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wilmerding: the figures worth knowing
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Wilmerding’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 44 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Wilmerding makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Wilmerding are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wilmerding residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 8%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Wilmerding pay better than its residents’ jobs
63% of the jobs based in Wilmerding pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 45% of the jobs Wilmerding residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Wilmerding. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 689 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wilmerding
On income, poverty and job access, Wilmerding is better than 23% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Wilmerding’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($36,467, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (12.7%) is left out: Wilmerding’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, Wilmerding could be anywhere from C− to C.
The daily trip from Wilmerding: about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wilmerding workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 645 commuters (the 11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 45% of the jobs in Wilmerding
389 jobs are based in Wilmerding.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wilmerding, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 389. 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 Wilmerding’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Wilmerding, and who commutes in
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Wilmerding on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
24% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Wilmerding clocks in
24% of workers
9% 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.
How far Wilmerding’s workers travel
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.
Wilmerding is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wilmerding is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Wilmerding near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 721 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 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 30.1% of Wilmerding households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 20% of Wilmerding’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,870th of 5,760: where Wilmerding ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,868 | Pine Island Center FL | 1,834 | $68K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,869 | Plain View NC | 1,741 | $54K | 10.5% | 16.4% | 2% | C− |
| 3,870 | Wilmerding PA | 1,700 | $36K | 29.8% | 12.7% | 2% | C− |
| 3,871 | Elwood Township IL | 1,383 | $54K | 8.3% | 7.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,872 | Center Township KS | 1,694 | $59K | 11.8% | 1.1% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Wilmerding, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Wilmerding and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Monroeville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wilmerding workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmerding | – | C− | A+ | 44 min | $36,467 |
| Monroeville | 9% | B | A− | 25 min | $79,218 |
| North Versailles Township | under 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $53,353 |
| West Wilmerding | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Turtle Creek | under 2% | C− | A+ | 30 min | $45,997 |
| Wall | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| East McKeesport | under 2% | B− | A+ | 24 min | $65,907 |
Same-state neighbors only. West Wilmerding: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Wall: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wilmerding’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 Wilmerding: questions
What is the median household income in Wilmerding?
$36,467 (±$6,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wilmerding?
29.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wilmerding?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wilmerding work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (24%, 9 mi), Monroeville (9%, 3 mi), White Oak (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wilmerding walkable?
Wilmerding is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 16.4 out of 20, and 26% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wilmerding without a car?
20% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wilmerding, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wilmerding
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.