Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, PA

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (13%), Bensalem (6%) and Bristol (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,172 of 20,560 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,388 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 2,172 work right here, and 16,927 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

18,388live here, work elsewhere

2,172live and work here

16,927work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Philadelphia16.8 mi away

13%2,576

Middletown (in town)right here

11%2,172

Bensalem5.4 mi away

6%1,203

Bristol4.4 mi away

5%1,017

Falls6.3 mi away

4%874

Newtown4.8 mi away

3%624

Trenton, NJ8.2 mi away

2%450

Lower Makefield4.5 mi away

2%434

Lower Southampton4.7 mi away

2%392

Northampton5.4 mi away

1%298

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%10,520

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

47%

32%

12%

47%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

19,099 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

19,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

20,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−8%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 20,681 → 19,099. 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.