Work & commute · New Britain

Work & commute in New Britain, PA

Most working residents leave New Britain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Doylestown (7%) and Doylestown (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 1,305 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,273 New Britain residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 1,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Britain.

1,273live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

1,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Britain goes to work

Philadelphia20.2 mi away

7%92

Doylestown2.8 mi away

7%85

Doylestown2 mi away

6%82

Warrington3.6 mi away

4%51

Horsham7 mi away

3%43

Plumstead6.7 mi away

3%36

Montgomery4.8 mi away

3%34

New Britain (in town)right here

2%32

Buckingham6.1 mi away

2%31

New Britain1.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%792

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

How far

How far New Britain commutes

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

46%

33%

11%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Britain is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Britain are

1,864 jobs are based in New Britain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Britain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Britain

1,864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs New Britain residents hold

1,305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+7%

Jobs based in New Britain, 2013 → 2023: 1,749 → 1,864. 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.