Work & commute · Hilltown

Work & commute in Hilltown, PA

Most working residents leave Hilltown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Hatfield (4%) and Doylestown (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

504 of 8,090 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 7,586 Hilltown residents head out of town to work, 504 work right here, and 4,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hilltown.

7,586live here, work elsewhere

504live and work here

4,773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hilltown goes to work

Philadelphia23.9 mi away

6%505

Hilltown (in town)right here

6%504

Hatfield4.9 mi away

4%300

Doylestown6.7 mi away

4%296

West Rockhill5.1 mi away

3%253

Perkasie2.9 mi away

3%230

Upper Gwynedd9.5 mi away

3%218

Montgomery6.9 mi away

3%205

Horsham10.9 mi away

2%193

Franconia6.2 mi away

2%173

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%5,213

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

How far

How far Hilltown commutes

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

44%

35%

13%

44%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hilltown is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hilltown are

5,277 jobs are based in Hilltown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hilltown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hilltown

5,277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hilltown residents hold

8,090 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+3%

Jobs based in Hilltown, 2013 → 2023: 5,146 → 5,277. 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.