Work & commute · Bridgewater

Work & commute in Bridgewater, PA

Most working residents leave Bridgewater for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (8%), New Brighton (6%) and Center (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 292 Bridgewater residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 788 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgewater.

292live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

788work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgewater goes to work

Pittsburgh25 mi away

8%25

New Brighton2.2 mi away

6%19

Center3.9 mi away

6%17

Bridgewater (in town)right here

5%15

Brighton4.2 mi away

5%14

Beaver Falls3.9 mi away

4%13

Beaver0.9 mi away

4%11

Monaca2 mi away

2%7

Moon14.3 mi away

2%7

Hopewell8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%172

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

How far

How far Bridgewater commutes

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

52%

30%

11%

52%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgewater is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgewater are

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

Jobs based in Bridgewater

803 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Bridgewater residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−1%

Jobs based in Bridgewater, 2013 → 2023: 814 → 803. 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.