Work & commute · New Hope

Work & commute in New Hope, PA

Most working residents leave New Hope for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Solebury (3%) and West Windsor (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

138 of 1,056 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 918 New Hope residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 2,319 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hope.

918live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

2,319work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hope goes to work

New Hope (in town)right here

13%138

Philadelphia25.9 mi away

9%90

Solebury2.6 mi away

3%31

West Windsor, NJ18.2 mi away

3%27

Hopewell, NJ7.8 mi away

2%23

Lawrence, NJ13.4 mi away

2%23

Princeton, NJ15.5 mi away

2%20

Radnor31.9 mi away

2%19

Raritan, NJ13.4 mi away

2%18

Middletown12.8 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%649

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

How far

How far New Hope commutes

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

27%

39%

24%

10%

27%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hope is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hope are

2,457 jobs are based in New Hope. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hope

2,457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs New Hope residents hold

1,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+57%

Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 1,567 → 2,457. 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.