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Work & commute in Ambridge Heights · A commuter town

100% of Ambridge Heights’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Ambridge Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cranberry (8%), Pittsburgh (7%) and Moon (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Work in town
0%
2 of 699 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
22 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
13%
Less than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
22
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Ambridge Heights?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

8% of working residents work in Cranberry

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

RochesterAmbridge: 37 residents work here (5%)MillersvilleBaden: 17 residents work here (2%)Bell AcresHarrisburgEconomyOhiovillePittsburgh: 46 residents work here (7%)Moon: 43 residents work here (6%)LeetCenter: 17 residents work here (2%)Marshall: 17 residents work here (2%)Harmony: 15 residents work here (2%)Cranberry: 57 residents work here (8%)Findlay: 27 residents work here (4%)Pine: 20 residents work here (3%)AdamsAmbridge HeightsCranberryPittsburghMoonAmbridgeFindlayPineAmbridge Heights
1
Cranberry9.9 mi away
8%57
2
Pittsburgh16.4 mi away
7%46
3
Moon5.7 mi away
6%43
4
Ambridge0.7 mi away
5%37
5
Findlay8.7 mi away
4%27
6
Pine9.9 mi away
3%20
7
Baden3.3 mi away
2%17
8
Center5.9 mi away
2%17
9
Marshall6.6 mi away
2%17
10
Harmony1.2 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%403
The top trips

Where Ambridge Heights clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
165 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ambridge Heights22 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

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

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Ambridge Heights quiets down on a workday

On a workday 697 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.

697live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,500
Workday820
1,500live here− 700head out to work+ 20come in to work= 820on a workday

About 820 people are in Ambridge Heights on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.03 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.

How far

Half of Ambridge Heights commutes less than 9 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miCranberry: 8% · 9.9 miPittsburgh: 7% · 16.4 miMoon: 6% · 5.7 miAmbridge: 5% · 0.7 miFindlay: 4% · 8.7 miPine: 3% · 9.9 miBaden: 2% · 3.3 miCenter: 2% · 5.9 miMarshall: 2% · 6.6 miHarmony: 2% · 1.2 miCranberry 8%Pittsburgh 7%Moon 6%Ambridge 5%Findlay 4%Ambridge Heights
Ambridge HeightsTop destinations (size = commuters)
56%Under 10 mi388 residents
30%10–24 mi207 residents
4%25–50 mi28 residents
10%Over 50 mi71 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

22 jobs are based in Ambridge Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ambridge Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ambridge HeightsJobs Ambridge Heights residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%12%
Trade, transport & utilities5%21%
Services: health, schools, offices91%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%23%
Over $3,333 a month82%63%

Who does it

29 or younger9%18%
30 to 5468%54%
55 and older23%28%
+214%

Jobs based in Ambridge Heights, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 22. 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.

Next door

Ambridge Heights and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Ambridge (5%). Darker towns draw more of Ambridge Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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