New Ringgold has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in New Ringgold report 12 jobs, and 94 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in New Ringgold itself; outside it, West Penn Township draws the most (13%, 8 miles). 2% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in New Ringgold: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in New Ringgold on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where people from New Ringgold work
Where New Ringgold clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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 Ringgold: what the 12 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Ringgold, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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 Ringgold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from New Ringgold: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Ringgold workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 2% 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 it is to work from New Ringgold
About 18% 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.
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 Ringgold: questions
What is the median household income in New Ringgold?
$53,750 (±$11,087) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Ringgold?
17.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Ringgold?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Ringgold work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Penn Township (13%, 8 mi), Upper Macungie Township (7%, 21 mi), Lehighton (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Ringgold without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Ringgold, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Ringgold
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.