Work & commute · Lower Southampton

Work & commute in Lower Southampton, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Southampton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Bensalem (6%) and Middletown (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

910 of 10,148 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,238 Lower Southampton residents head out of town to work, 910 work right here, and 11,110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Southampton.

9,238live here, work elsewhere

910live and work here

11,110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Southampton goes to work

Philadelphia12.6 mi away

19%1,960

Lower Southampton (in town)right here

9%910

Bensalem4.1 mi away

6%637

Middletown4.7 mi away

4%454

Bristol6.8 mi away

3%282

Northampton3.9 mi away

2%219

Warminster6.2 mi away

2%211

Falls10.8 mi away

2%210

Newtown6.8 mi away

2%198

Upper Southampton2.6 mi away

2%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%4,878

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

How far

How far Lower Southampton commutes

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

51%

32%

51%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Southampton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Southampton are

12,020 jobs are based in Lower Southampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Southampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Southampton

12,020 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lower Southampton residents hold

10,148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+34%

Jobs based in Lower Southampton, 2013 → 2023: 8,957 → 12,020. 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.