Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Heidelberg has lower household incomes than 62% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Heidelberg itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (24%, 7 miles). 8.1% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Jobs and income earn Heidelberg B+; getting around on foot earns it A+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Heidelberg in brief
Most Heidelberg residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Heidelberg and Pittsburgh trade workers both ways
Pittsburgh is the top workplace for Heidelberg residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Heidelberg come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Heidelberg
57% of Heidelberg residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Heidelberg pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. 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; with 650 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Heidelberg
On income, poverty and job access, Heidelberg is better than 70% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Heidelberg’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($67,829, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Heidelberg’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, Heidelberg could be anywhere from B to A−.
Miles to work from Heidelberg
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.
Where people from Heidelberg work
Where Heidelberg clocks in
24% of workers
6% 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.
What the 506 jobs in Heidelberg are
506 jobs are based in Heidelberg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 506. 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 Heidelberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Heidelberg by day
On a workday 626 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 482 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Heidelberg on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heidelberg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 14% 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.
Heidelberg is more walkable than 98% 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 684 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 12.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 9.8% of Heidelberg households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Heidelberg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Heidelberg is 811th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 809 | Huston Township PA | 1,236 | $109K | 4.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 810 | Lake Como NJ | 1,677 | $82K | 3.7% | 6.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 811 | Heidelberg PA | 1,230 | $68K | 8.1% | 6.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 812 | Crawford Township KS | 1,066 | $93K | 1.7% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 813 | New Braintree MA | 1,013 | $100K | 7.2% | 5.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Heidelberg, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 11% of Heidelberg’s workers
The biggest share goes to Scott Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Heidelberg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heidelberg | – | B+ | A+ | 22 min | $67,829 |
| Scott Township | 6% | A− | A | 23 min | $89,404 |
| Glendale | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Collier Township | 5% | A+ | B− | 24 min | $101,824 |
Same-state neighbors only. Glendale: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Heidelberg’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 Heidelberg: questions
What is the median household income in Heidelberg?
$67,829 (±$6,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heidelberg?
8.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heidelberg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heidelberg work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (24%, 7 mi), Scott Township (6%, 1 mi), Collier Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Heidelberg walkable?
Heidelberg is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 18.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Heidelberg without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Heidelberg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heidelberg
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.