Work & commute · Perkasie

Work & commute in Perkasie, PA

Most working residents leave Perkasie for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), West Rockhill (5%) and Doylestown (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

347 of 5,146 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,799 Perkasie residents head out of town to work, 347 work right here, and 2,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perkasie.

4,799live here, work elsewhere

347live and work here

2,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perkasie goes to work

Perkasie (in town)right here

7%347

Philadelphia26.4 mi away

6%330

West Rockhill2.8 mi away

5%234

Doylestown9.5 mi away

3%173

Hilltown2.9 mi away

3%155

Doylestown9.6 mi away

3%153

Hatfield6.5 mi away

3%142

Horsham13.6 mi away

2%119

Montgomery9.3 mi away

2%115

Plumstead9.4 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%3,264

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

How far

How far Perkasie commutes

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

43%

36%

13%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perkasie is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perkasie are

2,765 jobs are based in Perkasie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perkasie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perkasie

2,765 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Perkasie residents hold

5,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+8%

Jobs based in Perkasie, 2013 → 2023: 2,549 → 2,765. 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.