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Work & commute in Newtown Grant · A commuter town

99% of Newtown Grant’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Newtown Grant for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Newtown (8%) and Middletown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
1%
27 of 2,774 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
34 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
35%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
192
A commuter town
Work out of state
17%
mostly New Jersey

What kind of work town is Newtown Grant?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Philadelphia

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Trenton: 66 residents work here (2%)Philadelphia: 379 residents work here (14%)Lawrence: 62 residents work here (2%)Falls: 54 residents work here (2%)Middletown: 118 residents work here (4%)Upper SouthamptonLower Makefield: 52 residents work here (2%)Northampton: 55 residents work here (2%)Newtown: 225 residents work here (8%)BristolUpper Merion: 53 residents work here (2%)Upper MakefieldLower SouthamptonBensalem: 89 residents work here (3%)Newtown GrantPhiladelphiaNewtownMiddletownBensalemTrentonLawrenceNewtown Grant
1
Philadelphia19.9 mi away
14%379
2
Newtown1.2 mi away
8%225
3
Middletown6 mi away
4%118
4
Bensalem10.7 mi away
3%89
5
Trenton, NJ10.1 mi away
2%66
6
Lawrence, NJ12.3 mi away
2%62
7
Northampton4.4 mi away
2%55
8
Falls10.2 mi away
2%54
9
Upper Merion25.7 mi away
2%53
10
Lower Makefield5.3 mi away
2%52
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%1,621
The top trips

Where Newtown Grant clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
263 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Newtown Grant34 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
35%

of Newtown Grant workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

Newtown Grant quiets down on a workday

On a workday 2,747 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.

2,747live here, work elsewhere
27live and work here
165work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night6,200
Workday3,600
6,200live here− 2,700head out to work+ 170come in to work= 3,600on a workday

About 3,600 people are in Newtown Grant on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Newtown Grant commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPhiladelphia: 14% · 19.9 miNewtown: 8% · 1.2 miMiddletown: 4% · 6 miBensalem: 3% · 10.7 miTrenton: 2% · 10.1 miLawrence: 2% · 12.3 miNorthampton: 2% · 4.4 miFalls: 2% · 10.2 miUpper Merion: 2% · 25.7 miLower Makefield: 2% · 5.3 miPhiladelphia 14%Newtown 8%Middletown 4%Bensalem 3%Trenton 2%Newtown Grant
Newtown GrantTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi909 residents
46%10–24 mi1,270 residents
13%25–50 mi360 residents
8%Over 50 mi226 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

71% of the jobs in Newtown Grant pay over $3,333 a month

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

Jobs based in Newtown GrantJobs Newtown Grant residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms16%11%
Trade, transport & utilities17%17%
Services: health, schools, offices67%71%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%13%
Over $3,333 a month71%74%

Who does it

29 or younger10%17%
30 to 5452%50%
55 and older38%33%
+10%

Jobs based in Newtown Grant, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 192. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Newtown Grant and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Newtown (8%). Darker towns draw more of Newtown Grant’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Upper Makefield27 min
Newtown34 min
Newtown Grant34 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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