New Stanton has 3.6 jobs for every working resident: 3,936 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn New Stanton B; getting around on foot earns it B−. There are 4,008 jobs in New Stanton for 1,124 working residents. Only 6% work in New Stanton itself; outside it, Hempfield Township draws the most (15%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in New Stanton
New Stanton fills up on a workday
New Stanton has 4,008 jobs, 3.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,200 people are in town, more than double the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
70% of the jobs in New Stanton are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
New Stanton and Hempfield Township trade workers both ways
Hempfield Township is the top workplace for New Stanton residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in New Stanton come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in New Stanton: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Stanton is better than 60% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds New Stanton’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Stanton could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How many people are in New Stanton by day
On a workday 1,052 residents head out to work and 72 work right here.
About 5,200 people are in New Stanton on a workday afternoon, 123% more 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.
The kinds of work in New Stanton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 3,654 → 4,008. 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 Stanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where New Stanton’s workers come from
Where New Stanton clocks in
7% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in New Stanton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Stanton workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,035 commuters (the 17% 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 New Stanton goes to work
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.
In New Stanton, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Stanton is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.8% 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 1,245 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of New Stanton households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of New Stanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Stanton next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200: 1,837th of 5,552 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 30 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,835 | Missouri Valley IA | 2,616 | $72K | 9.7% | 3.3% | 22% | B |
| 1,836 | Ogdensburg NJ | 2,319 | $106K | 7.0% | 10.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,837 | New Stanton PA | 2,338 | $71K | 7.9% | 4.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,838 | Mazomanie WI | 1,746 | $86K | 10.0% | 1.7% | 7% | B |
| 1,839 | South Hackensack Township NJ | 2,755 | $85K | 13.7% | 5.6% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | 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 Stanton, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around New Stanton: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Stanton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Stanton | – | B | B− | 27 min | $71,250 |
| Youngwood | under 2% | A− | A− | 25 min | $70,581 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Stanton’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 Stanton: questions
What is the median household income in New Stanton?
$71,250 (±$9,265) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Stanton?
7.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Stanton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Stanton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hempfield Township (15%, 4 mi), Greensburg (7%, 7 mi), Pittsburgh (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Stanton walkable?
New Stanton is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Stanton without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Stanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Stanton
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.