Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Long Branch works elsewhere
6 jobs are based in Long Branch, against 170 working residents. Hardly any stay in Long Branch for work; outside it, Charleroi is the main destination (8%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, where Pennsylvania has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Long Branch
On a workday 170 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Long Branch on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The places Long Branch commutes to
Where Long Branch clocks in
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Branch, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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 Long Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Long Branch takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Branch workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 187 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Long Branch’s workers travel
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.
Long Branch and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Speers (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Branch workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Branch | – | — | — | 30 min | $75,000 |
| Elco | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Speers | 4% | B− | B− | 30 min | $72,813 |
| Allenport | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| California | 4% | D | A | 21 min | $48,606 |
| Dunlevy | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Twilight | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Elco, Allenport, Dunlevy and Twilight: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Long Branch’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 Long Branch: questions
What is the median household income in Long Branch?
$75,000 (±$7,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Branch?
11.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Branch?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Branch work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charleroi (8%, 3 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 24 mi), Speers (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Long Branch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Branch
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.