Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in New Eagle (10.5%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
New Eagle grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns. Home is the office for 5% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where New Eagle stands out on work
What drives the Jobs & income grade in New Eagle
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Eagle is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds New Eagle’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Eagle could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of New Eagle on a workday
On a workday 762 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in New Eagle on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 New Eagle’s working residents head each day
Where New Eagle clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 49% of jobs based in New Eagle
218 jobs are based in New Eagle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 218. 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 Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From New Eagle, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Eagle workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 823 commuters (the 5% 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 many miles New Eagle commutes
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.
Getting around New Eagle: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Eagle is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 868 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of New Eagle households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of New Eagle’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, New Eagle is 3,973rd of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,971 | East Cleveland TN | 1,934 | $49K | 26.5% | 16.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,972 | Manteo NC | 1,585 | $84K | 19.2% | 6.1% | 24% | C− |
| 3,973 | New Eagle PA | 2,018 | $52K | 15.7% | 10.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,974 | Okanogan WA | 2,494 | $69K | 10.3% | 6.5% | 22% | C− |
| 3,975 | Sebago ME | 1,995 | $78K | 13.7% | 6.4% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 New Eagle, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
New Eagle and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Eagle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Eagle | – | C− | B | 28 min | $51,716 |
| Carroll Township | 5% | B− | B− | 30 min | $79,219 |
| Baidland | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Monongahela | under 3% | C | A− | 29 min | $59,861 |
| Forward Township | under 3% | B | D | 31 min | $67,171 |
| Union Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $61,071 |
Same-state neighbors only. Baidland: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Carroll Township. Darker towns draw more of New Eagle’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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in New Eagle?
$51,716 (±$6,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Eagle?
15.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Eagle?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Eagle work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carroll Township (5%, 2 mi), Peters Township (5%, 8 mi), Pittsburgh (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Eagle walkable?
New Eagle is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Eagle without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Eagle
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.