Work & commute · Bensalem

Work & commute in Bensalem, PA

Most working residents leave Bensalem for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (20%), Bristol (5%) and Middletown (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

4,362 of 28,573 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,211 Bensalem residents head out of town to work, 4,362 work right here, and 30,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bensalem.

24,211live here, work elsewhere

4,362live and work here

30,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bensalem goes to work

Philadelphia12 mi away

20%5,838

Bensalem (in town)right here

15%4,362

Bristol4.2 mi away

5%1,308

Middletown5.4 mi away

4%1,092

Falls9.7 mi away

2%644

Lower Southampton4.1 mi away

2%637

Newtown9.6 mi away

2%517

Horsham13.4 mi away

2%435

Warminster10.2 mi away

1%358

New York, NY65.4 mi away

1%350

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%13,032

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bensalem commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

33%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bensalem is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bensalem are

34,634 jobs are based in Bensalem. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bensalem’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bensalem

34,634 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bensalem residents hold

28,573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+2%

Jobs based in Bensalem, 2013 → 2023: 34,054 → 34,634. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.