Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Emsworth commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 580 jobs in Emsworth for 1,297 working residents. Jobs and income earn Emsworth B; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Emsworth in brief
Emsworth and Pittsburgh trade workers both ways
Pittsburgh is the top workplace for Emsworth residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Emsworth come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Emsworth residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Emsworth than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Emsworth fell from 890 in 2013 to 580 in 2023, −35%. 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Emsworth earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Emsworth is better than 62% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Emsworth’s grade up (ahead of 89% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,816, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Emsworth could be anywhere from C+ to A.
29% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Emsworth clocks in
29% 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.
How far Emsworth 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.
Jobs in Emsworth: what the 580 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emsworth, 2013 → 2023: 890 → 580. 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 Emsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Emsworth, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,252 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Emsworth on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2023, primary jobs.
From Emsworth, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emsworth workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 942 commuters (the 20% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Emsworth
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Emsworth is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% 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 1,176 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 6.7% of Emsworth households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Emsworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Emsworth is 1,561st of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,559 | Goodrich MI | 2,003 | $110K | 7.0% | 7.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,560 | Carlton OR | 2,291 | $98K | 5.9% | 5.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,561 | Emsworth PA | 2,377 | $65K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,562 | Liberty Township OH | 1,727 | $70K | 5.5% | 4.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,563 | Washington Township PA | 2,651 | $92K | 4.3% | 8.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Emsworth, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Emsworth compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emsworth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emsworth | – | B | A− | 24 min | $64,816 |
| Kilbuck Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ben Avon | under 3% | A− | A+ | 23 min | $102,869 |
| Neville Township | under 3% | B− | A | 22 min | $61,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Kilbuck Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emsworth’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 Emsworth: questions
What is the median household income in Emsworth?
$64,816 (±$6,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emsworth?
11.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emsworth?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emsworth work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (29%, 8 mi), Ohio Township (4%, 2 mi), McCandless Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Emsworth walkable?
Emsworth is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 18.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Emsworth without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emsworth
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.