Work & commute · Buckingham

Work & commute in Buckingham, PA

Most working residents leave Buckingham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Doylestown (5%) and Doylestown (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

618 of 9,317 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,699 Buckingham residents head out of town to work, 618 work right here, and 3,857 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckingham.

8,699live here, work elsewhere

618live and work here

3,857work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckingham goes to work

Philadelphia21.5 mi away

10%886

Buckingham (in town)right here

7%618

Doylestown4.2 mi away

5%506

Doylestown3.4 mi away

5%443

Horsham9.7 mi away

3%261

Plumstead5.4 mi away

3%235

Upper Gwynedd14 mi away

2%200

Newtown8.2 mi away

2%175

Warrington6.8 mi away

2%172

Northampton8 mi away

2%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%5,664

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

How far

How far Buckingham commutes

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

34%

42%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckingham is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.48 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckingham are

4,475 jobs are based in Buckingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buckingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buckingham

4,475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Buckingham residents hold

9,317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+4%

Jobs based in Buckingham, 2013 → 2023: 4,287 → 4,475. 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.