Work & commute · Doylestown

Work & commute in Doylestown, PA

Most working residents leave Doylestown for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Doylestown (8%), Philadelphia (7%) and Plumstead (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

491 of 3,936 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,445 Doylestown residents head out of town to work, 491 work right here, and 7,977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Doylestown.

3,445live here, work elsewhere

491live and work here

7,977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Doylestown goes to work

Doylestown (in town)right here

12%491

Doylestown1.3 mi away

8%327

Philadelphia21.1 mi away

7%276

Plumstead4.8 mi away

4%148

Buckingham3.4 mi away

4%140

Horsham8.2 mi away

2%98

Warrington4.8 mi away

2%90

Upper Merion20.5 mi away

2%61

Upper Gwynedd11.3 mi away

1%56

Upper Dublin11.5 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,196

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

How far

How far Doylestown commutes

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

43%

35%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Doylestown is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Doylestown are

8,468 jobs are based in Doylestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Doylestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Doylestown

8,468 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Doylestown residents hold

3,936 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 month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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Jobs based in Doylestown, 2013 → 2023: 8,429 → 8,468. 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.