Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Carnegie’s household incomes are lower than in 62% of U.S. towns
Carnegie grades B for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Only 4% work in Carnegie itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (29%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Carnegie apart on work
Most Carnegie residents work close to home
69% 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 ↓
Carnegie and Pittsburgh trade workers both ways
Pittsburgh is the top workplace for Carnegie residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Carnegie come from (12% of its jobs). 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.
Jobs & income in Carnegie: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Carnegie’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($67,656, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Carnegie could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How far Carnegie goes 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.
Commuting out of Carnegie: the destinations
Where Carnegie clocks in
29% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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 works in Carnegie, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,865 residents head out to work, 152 work right here, and 3,089 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Carnegie on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 33% of Carnegie’s jobs are in goods
3,241 jobs are based in Carnegie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carnegie, 2013 → 2023: 2,997 → 3,241. 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 Carnegie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Carnegie: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carnegie workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,692 commuters (the 21% 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.
Carnegie is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,702 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, 28% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 16.6 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). 11.2% of Carnegie households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Carnegie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,500, Carnegie ranks 1,416th of 3,091 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,414 | Gonzales CA | 8,313 | $78K | 6.4% | 3.5% | 8% | B |
| 1,415 | Locust NC | 6,120 | $77K | 8.7% | 3.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,416 | Carnegie PA | 7,777 | $68K | 11.7% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,417 | Lago Vista TX | 10,498 | $113K | 8.6% | 6.6% | 10% | B |
| 1,418 | Cumberland Township PA | 7,219 | $83K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,091 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Carnegie, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Carnegie
The biggest share goes to Robinson Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carnegie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie | – | B | A+ | 25 min | $67,656 |
| Scott Township | 3% | A− | A | 23 min | $89,404 |
| Glendale | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Rosslyn Farms | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Robinson Township | 6% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $103,048 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glendale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Rosslyn Farms: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carnegie’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 Carnegie: questions
What is the median household income in Carnegie?
$67,656 (±$11,221) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carnegie?
11.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carnegie?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carnegie work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (29%, 6 mi), Robinson Township (6%, 4 mi), Scott Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carnegie walkable?
Carnegie is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carnegie without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 28% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carnegie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carnegie
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.