Work & commute · Northampton

Work & commute in Northampton, PA

Most working residents leave Northampton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (18%), Bensalem (4%) and Newtown (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,617 of 19,453 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,836 Northampton residents head out of town to work, 1,617 work right here, and 7,650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northampton.

17,836live here, work elsewhere

1,617live and work here

7,650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northampton goes to work

Philadelphia15.6 mi away

18%3,452

Northampton (in town)right here

8%1,617

Bensalem7.8 mi away

4%743

Newtown4 mi away

4%707

Middletown5.4 mi away

3%627

Lower Southampton3.9 mi away

3%537

Warminster4.7 mi away

2%467

Upper Southampton3 mi away

2%424

Horsham8.8 mi away

2%392

Abington9 mi away

2%352

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%10,135

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

How far

How far Northampton commutes

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

46%

39%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northampton is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northampton are

9,267 jobs are based in Northampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northampton

9,267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Northampton residents hold

19,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+11%

Jobs based in Northampton, 2013 → 2023: 8,341 → 9,267. 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.