Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of New Freeport works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%. There are 3 jobs in New Freeport, against 18 working residents. Hardly any work in New Freeport; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (11%, 53 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Freeport quiets down on a workday
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in New Freeport on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Commuting out of New Freeport: the destinations
Where New Freeport clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in New Freeport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Freeport, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Freeport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in New Freeport
of New Freeport workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 0% 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 Freeport commutes
About 24% 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.
How New Freeport compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Freeport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Freeport | – | — | — | — | $71,500 |
| Springhill Township | under 6% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Springhill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Freeport’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 Freeport: questions
What is the median household income in New Freeport?
$71,500 (±$8,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Freeport?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in New Freeport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (11%, 53 mi), Richhill Township (11%, 11 mi), Elizabeth (6%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Freeport without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Freeport, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Freeport
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.