Work & commute · Wrightstown

Work & commute in Wrightstown, PA

Most working residents leave Wrightstown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Newtown (5%) and Bensalem (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

86 of 1,471 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

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,385 Wrightstown residents head out of town to work, 86 work right here, and 972 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrightstown.

1,385live here, work elsewhere

86live and work here

972work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrightstown goes to work

Philadelphia19.4 mi away

14%203

Wrightstown (in town)right here

6%86

Newtown4.1 mi away

5%68

Bensalem12 mi away

4%65

Middletown8.3 mi away

3%45

Northampton4.3 mi away

3%39

Lower Southampton8.2 mi away

2%30

Falls13.3 mi away

2%28

Lawrence, NJ15.2 mi away

2%27

Lower Makefield8.5 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%853

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

How far

How far Wrightstown commutes

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

36%

45%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrightstown is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrightstown are

1,058 jobs are based in Wrightstown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wrightstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wrightstown

1,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Wrightstown residents hold

1,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+56%

Jobs based in Wrightstown, 2013 → 2023: 679 → 1,058. 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.