Photo: CyberXRef · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Cornwells Heights
5% of workers have no commute at all, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. Only 1% stay in Cornwells Heights for work; outside it, Bensalem Township is the main destination (21%, 2 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Cornwells Heights, in a few figures
Commuting out of Cornwells Heights: the destinations
Where Cornwells Heights clocks in
21% of workers
19% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A workday in Cornwells Heights: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 646 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Cornwells Heights’ employers do
653 jobs are based in Cornwells Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornwells Heights, 2013 → 2023: 680 → 653. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornwells Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Cornwells Heights: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornwells Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 597 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Half of Cornwells Heights commutes less than 10 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Cornwells Heights and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cornwells Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwells Heights | – | — | — | 29 min | $87,396 |
| Eddington | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Andalusia | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eddington and Andalusia: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cornwells Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cornwells Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Cornwells Heights?
$87,396 (±$39,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornwells Heights?
15.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornwells Heights?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornwells Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bensalem Township (21%, 2 mi), Philadelphia (19%, 11 mi), Bristol Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cornwells Heights without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cornwells Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornwells Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.