Ambridge Heights has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 23 jobs in Ambridge Heights, and 690 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Ambridge Heights for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (8%, 16 miles). The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ambridge Heights stands out on work
How a workday changes Ambridge Heights
On a workday 689 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Ambridge Heights on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Ambridge Heights goes to work
Where Ambridge Heights clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Ambridge Heights are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ambridge Heights, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 23. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ambridge Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ambridge Heights takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ambridge Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 832 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ambridge Heights
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Ambridge Heights
The biggest share goes to Ambridge (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ambridge Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambridge Heights | – | — | — | 22 min | $72,930 |
| Ambridge | 5% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $51,537 |
| Leet Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 25 min | $93,083 |
| Economy | under 3% | A− | C− | 29 min | $95,313 |
| Bell Acres | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $165,987 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ambridge Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ambridge Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Ambridge Heights?
$72,930 (±$7,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ambridge Heights?
2.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ambridge Heights?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ambridge Heights work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (8%, 16 mi), Cranberry Township (7%, 10 mi), Ambridge (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ambridge Heights without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ambridge Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ambridge Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.