Work & commute · New Bethlehem

Work & commute in New Bethlehem, PA

Most working residents leave New Bethlehem for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (11%), Clarion (7%) and Clarion (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 363 New Bethlehem residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Bethlehem.

363live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

508work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Bethlehem goes to work

Monroe9.8 mi away

11%42

Clarion14.3 mi away

7%27

New Bethlehem (in town)right here

5%19

Clarion12.8 mi away

4%16

Paint16.8 mi away

4%14

South Bethlehem0.9 mi away

3%10

East Franklin15.6 mi away

3%10

Brookville16.6 mi away

2%8

Pine Creek19.5 mi away

2%7

Cranberry31.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%222

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

How far

How far New Bethlehem commutes

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

12%

45%

18%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Bethlehem is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Bethlehem are

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

Jobs based in New Bethlehem

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs New Bethlehem residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−5%

Jobs based in New Bethlehem, 2013 → 2023: 554 → 527. 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.