Work & commute · Quakertown

Work & commute in Quakertown, PA

Most working residents leave Quakertown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Richland (4%) and Milford (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

372 of 5,065 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,693 Quakertown residents head out of town to work, 372 work right here, and 3,549 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quakertown.

4,693live here, work elsewhere

372live and work here

3,549work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quakertown goes to work

Quakertown (in town)right here

7%372

Philadelphia31.8 mi away

7%331

Richland1.4 mi away

4%227

Milford3.8 mi away

3%167

Hatfield11.6 mi away

3%157

Allentown12.7 mi away

3%140

Bethlehem13 mi away

2%108

West Rockhill5.1 mi away

2%107

Doylestown14.6 mi away

2%103

Hilltown8.3 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%3,254

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

How far

How far Quakertown commutes

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

29%

45%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quakertown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Quakertown are

3,921 jobs are based in Quakertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quakertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Quakertown

3,921 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Quakertown residents hold

5,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−11%

Jobs based in Quakertown, 2013 → 2023: 4,424 → 3,921. 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.