Work & commute · New Brighton

Work & commute in New Brighton, PA

Most working residents leave New Brighton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsburgh (8%), Cranberry (5%) and Center (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

145 of 2,535 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,390 New Brighton residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 989 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Brighton.

2,390live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

989work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Brighton goes to work

Pittsburgh26.9 mi away

8%192

New Brighton (in town)right here

6%145

Cranberry10.8 mi away

5%136

Center6.1 mi away

4%103

Moon16.5 mi away

3%88

Beaver Falls1.8 mi away

3%77

Brighton4.4 mi away

3%71

Beaver2.9 mi away

3%64

Chippewa4.1 mi away

3%64

Bridgewater2.2 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,533

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

How far

How far New Brighton commutes

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

42%

31%

17%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Brighton is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Brighton are

1,134 jobs are based in New Brighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Brighton

1,134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs New Brighton residents hold

2,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−19%

Jobs based in New Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 1,406 → 1,134. 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.