Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in New Bethlehem
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Only 5% stay in New Bethlehem for work; outside it, Monroe Township is the main destination (11%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute from New Bethlehem lasts 22 minutes (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where New Bethlehem stands out on work
Many jobs in New Bethlehem pay little
28% of the jobs based in New Bethlehem pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Few New Bethlehem workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 382 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The 527 jobs based in New Bethlehem
527 jobs are based in New Bethlehem.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Bethlehem, 2013 → 2023: 554 → 527. 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 New Bethlehem’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from New Bethlehem takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Bethlehem workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 424 commuters (the 4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through New Bethlehem
On a workday 363 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 508 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in New Bethlehem on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
Where people from New Bethlehem work
Where New Bethlehem clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
The commute from New Bethlehem, by distance
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
New Bethlehem and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to South Bethlehem (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Bethlehem workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Bethlehem | – | — | — | 22 min | $50,000 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | D | D | 31 min | $70,156 |
| Mahoning Township | under 2% | D | B− | 22 min | $53,056 |
| South Bethlehem | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Redbank Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $63,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. South Bethlehem: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Bethlehem’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 New Bethlehem: questions
What is the median household income in New Bethlehem?
$50,000 (±$8,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Bethlehem?
17.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Bethlehem?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Bethlehem work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe Township (11%, 10 mi), Clarion (7%, 14 mi), Clarion Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Bethlehem without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Bethlehem, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Bethlehem
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.