Pittsburgh

City Commute Profile

Pittsburgh, PA

Where Pittsburgh’s 130,956 resident workers go each day — 54.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Monroeville municipality.

PennsylvaniaLODES 2023 data
65
Commute Score

65 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Pittsburgh at a glance
Employed Residents
130,956
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
54.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
22.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Monroeville municipality
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Pittsburgh proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Pittsburgh commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Pittsburgh

130,956 commutes, one dot at a time

Pittsburgh

Where 130,956 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Pittsburgh, by worker count.

1Pittsburgh0.0 mi71,473
2Monroeville municipality11.1 mi1,701
3Green Tree4.3 mi1,609
4West Mifflin6.8 mi1,202
5Bethel Park municipality8.5 mi1,170
6Philadelphia257.4 mi1,129
7Whitehall5.7 mi755
8Allison Park8.6 mi737

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Pittsburgh.

1Pittsburgh0.0 mi71,473
2Bethel Park municipality8.5 mi4,767
3Monroeville municipality11.1 mi4,041
4Baldwin5.4 mi3,686
5Allison Park8.6 mi3,610
6Plum12.4 mi3,527
7Wilkinsburg5.2 mi3,219
8West Mifflin6.8 mi3,124

Top industries

The sectors that employ Pittsburgh’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance22.9%
FIFinance and Insurance13.1%
EDEducational Services11.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.1%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises6.3%
PAPublic Administration4.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.9%
RTRetail Trade3.3%

Pittsburgh city profile

Who lives in Pittsburgh — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
304,759
Median age
33.6yrs
Median household income
$65,742
Median home value
$205,800
Median gross rent
$1,261/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
49.1%
Poverty rate
20.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Pittsburgh

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Pittsburgh

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).