Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Bridgeville works elsewhere
Bridgeville has 1,198 jobs, and 2,426 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Bridgeville are C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 5% stay in Bridgeville for work; outside it, Pittsburgh is the main destination (22%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bridgeville
Most Bridgeville residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bridgeville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bridgeville fell from 1,775 in 2014 to 1,198 in 2024, −33%. 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 ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Bridgeville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bridgeville is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #783 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Bridgeville’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bridgeville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Half of Bridgeville commutes less than 8 miles
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.
What Bridgeville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgeville, 2014 → 2024: 1,775 → 1,198. 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 Bridgeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Bridgeville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,296 residents head out to work, 130 work right here, and 1,068 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Bridgeville on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The places Bridgeville commutes to
Where Bridgeville clocks in
22% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Bridgeville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgeville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,952 commuters (the 17% 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.
Bridgeville 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 2,362 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, 44% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 16.7% of Bridgeville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Bridgeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bridgeville is 2,511th among 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,509 | Gorham NY | 4,087 | $65K | 9.4% | 4.8% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,510 | Springfield Township OH | 5,487 | $53K | 12.0% | 3.2% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,511 | Bridgeville PA | 4,569 | $60K | 11.6% | 7.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,512 | Kalkaska Township MI | 5,207 | $64K | 13.6% | 2.1% | 29% | C+ |
| 2,513 | Crittenden KY | 4,185 | $57K | 9.5% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Bridgeville, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
14% of Bridgeville works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeville | – | C+ | A | 25 min | $59,981 |
| Upper St. Clair Township | 2% | A+ | A− | 29 min | $163,409 |
| Collier Township | 5% | A+ | B− | 24 min | $101,824 |
| South Fayette Township | 4% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $124,112 |
| Scott Township | 3% | A− | A | 23 min | $89,404 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Collier Township. Darker towns draw more of Bridgeville’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 Bridgeville: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgeville?
$59,981 (±$12,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgeville?
11.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgeville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgeville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (22%, 9 mi), Collier Township (5%, 3 mi), South Fayette Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Bridgeville walkable?
Bridgeville is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgeville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 44% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgeville
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. 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.