Work & commute · Hatfield

Work & commute in Hatfield, PA

Most working residents leave Hatfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Upper Gwynedd (5%) and Montgomery (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

814 of 9,273 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 8,459 Hatfield residents head out of town to work, 814 work right here, and 13,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hatfield.

8,459live here, work elsewhere

814live and work here

13,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hatfield goes to work

Philadelphia20.3 mi away

9%871

Hatfield (in town)right here

9%814

Upper Gwynedd4.8 mi away

5%447

Montgomery3.7 mi away

4%390

Towamencin3.6 mi away

4%363

Lansdale2.5 mi away

3%298

Horsham8.4 mi away

3%270

Franconia4.1 mi away

2%230

Upper Merion13.8 mi away

2%220

Whitpain8.3 mi away

2%180

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%5,190

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

How far

How far Hatfield commutes

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

48%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hatfield is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hatfield are

14,316 jobs are based in Hatfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hatfield

14,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Hatfield residents hold

9,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+17%

Jobs based in Hatfield, 2013 → 2023: 12,223 → 14,316. 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.