Work & commute · Newtown

Work & commute in Newtown, PA

Most working residents leave Newtown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Newtown (9%) and Trenton (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,114 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,045 Newtown residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 1,474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newtown.

1,045live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

1,474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newtown goes to work

Philadelphia18.5 mi away

14%155

Newtown1.2 mi away

9%104

Newtown (in town)right here

6%69

Trenton, NJ8.9 mi away

2%26

Falls8.4 mi away

2%25

Bensalem8.5 mi away

2%24

Northampton3.8 mi away

2%23

Lower Makefield4.1 mi away

2%22

Buckingham9.2 mi away

2%21

West Windsor, NJ16.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%625

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.

39%

40%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newtown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newtown are

1,543 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

1,543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Newtown residents hold

1,114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+1%

Jobs based in Newtown, 2013 → 2023: 1,526 → 1,543. 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.