Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHousehold incomes in Braddock Hills trail those of 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Braddock Hills are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. 14.2% of residents are in poverty, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Only 2% work in Braddock Hills; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (39%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Braddock Hills, in brief
Most Braddock Hills residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Braddock Hills than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Braddock Hills fell from 1,470 in 2013 to 425 in 2023, −71%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
39% of Braddock Hills works in Pittsburgh
304 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 6.3 miles away. That’s 20 times as many as work in Braddock Hills itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 773 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Braddock Hills earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Braddock Hills is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Braddock Hills’ grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($39,981, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Braddock Hills’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Braddock Hills could be anywhere from C to B−.
The distance from Braddock Hills to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The 425 jobs based in Braddock Hills
425 jobs are based in Braddock Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Braddock Hills, 2013 → 2023: 1,470 → 425. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Braddock Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Braddock Hills ends
Where Braddock Hills clocks in
39% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Who commutes out of Braddock Hills, and who commutes in
On a workday 757 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Braddock Hills on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Braddock Hills: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Braddock Hills workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 561 commuters (the 22% 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.
Braddock Hills is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 723 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 64% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 18.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 26.8% of Braddock Hills households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Braddock Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Braddock Hills ranks: 2,701st of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,699 | Byng OK | 1,414 | $76K | 7.7% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,700 | Newport PA | 1,511 | $63K | 10.5% | 4.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,701 | Braddock Hills PA | 1,650 | $40K | 14.2% | 1.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,702 | Ashfield MA | 1,680 | $81K | 9.1% | 3.8% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,703 | Richmond Township PA | 2,142 | $72K | 7.3% | 1.8% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Braddock Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Braddock Hills and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Braddock Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braddock Hills | – | C+ | A | 21 min | $39,981 |
| Forest Hills | 1% | B+ | A+ | 28 min | $89,688 |
| Swissvale | 2% | C | A+ | 25 min | $60,341 |
| Edgewood | under 2% | A | A+ | 26 min | $103,203 |
| North Braddock | under 2% | D | A+ | 31 min | $34,564 |
| Wilkinsburg | 1% | C− | A+ | 30 min | $46,416 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Swissvale. Darker towns draw more of Braddock Hills’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 2023, 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 Braddock Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Braddock Hills?
$39,981 (±$10,405) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Braddock Hills?
14.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Braddock Hills?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Braddock Hills work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (39%, 6 mi), Monroeville (5%, 5 mi), Turtle Creek (2%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Braddock Hills walkable?
Braddock Hills is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Braddock Hills without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. 64% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Braddock Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Braddock Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.