Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0New Florence has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 73 jobs in New Florence for 262 working residents. Only 2% work in New Florence itself; outside it, Ligonier Township draws the most (7%, 13 miles). The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Pennsylvania norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in New Florence, in brief
In and out of New Florence on a workday
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in New Florence on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from New Florence work
Where New Florence clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in New Florence: what the 73 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Florence, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 73. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from New Florence takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Florence workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 222 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Florence
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Florence: questions
What is the median household income in New Florence?
$61,500 (±$11,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Florence?
15.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Florence?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Florence work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ligonier Township (7%, 13 mi), Pittsburgh (6%, 48 mi), Johnstown (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Florence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Florence, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Florence
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.