Work & commute · Ambridge

Work & commute in Ambridge, PA

Most working residents leave Ambridge for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (9%), Moon (5%) and Cranberry (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 2,793 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,563 Ambridge residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 1,757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ambridge.

2,563live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

1,757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ambridge goes to work

Pittsburgh16.9 mi away

9%253

Ambridge (in town)right here

8%230

Moon5.7 mi away

5%142

Cranberry10.4 mi away

5%130

Leetsdale1.9 mi away

4%117

Findlay8.3 mi away

4%111

Sewickley4.4 mi away

3%74

Harmony1.5 mi away

3%70

Robinson10.5 mi away

2%61

Marshall7.2 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,548

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ambridge commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

32%

11%

51%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ambridge is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ambridge are

1,987 jobs are based in Ambridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ambridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ambridge

1,987 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Ambridge residents hold

2,793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−35%

Jobs based in Ambridge, 2013 → 2023: 3,048 → 1,987. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.