Work & commute · Newtown

Work & commute in Newtown, PA

Most working residents leave Newtown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Tredyffrin (5%) and Lower Merion (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

595 of 6,442 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,847 Newtown residents head out of town to work, 595 work right here, and 14,173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newtown.

5,847live here, work elsewhere

595live and work here

14,173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newtown goes to work

Philadelphia14.8 mi away

19%1,196

Newtown (in town)right here

9%595

Tredyffrin5.6 mi away

5%340

Lower Merion7.5 mi away

4%281

Upper Merion7 mi away

4%260

Radnor3 mi away

3%217

Marple3.1 mi away

3%202

Upper Darby7.1 mi away

2%138

East Whiteland8.5 mi away

2%119

West Goshen9.8 mi away

2%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,985

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

How far

How far Newtown commutes

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

55%

34%

55%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newtown is a job hub

2.29jobs 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 Newtown are

14,768 jobs are based in Newtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newtown

14,768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Newtown residents hold

6,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+22%

Jobs based in Newtown, 2013 → 2023: 12,135 → 14,768. 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.