Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 3.0Doylestown Township’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
4.3% of residents are in poverty (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Doylestown Township grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doylestown Township at work: what stands out
A lot of Doylestown Township works from home
32% of Doylestown Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Doylestown Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 59% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Doylestown Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Doylestown Township draws workers from far and wide
The 11,159 jobs in Doylestown Township are filled from a wide area. Doylestown Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Doylestown Township pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Doylestown Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Doylestown Township is services
86% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 3% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Doylestown Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Doylestown Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #42 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($149,764, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Doylestown Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doylestown Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,115 commuters (the 32% 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Doylestown Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Doylestown Township
11,159 jobs are based in Doylestown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doylestown Township, 2014 → 2024: 9,716 → 11,159. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Doylestown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Doylestown Township by day and by night
On a workday 7,100 residents head out to work, 736 work right here, and 10,423 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Doylestown Township on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
How far Doylestown Township’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Doylestown Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Doylestown Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #383 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Doylestown Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,538 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 17% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Doylestown Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Doylestown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Doylestown Township is 87th among 1,822 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 24,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 10 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 17 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
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| 24 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Lake Zurich IL | 19,868 | $136K | 3.4% | 3.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 86 | Oakland Township MI | 20,631 | $167K | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 87 | Doylestown Township PA | 18,137 | $150K | 4.3% | 2.5% | 9% | A+ |
| 88 | Uwchlan Township PA | 19,615 | $134K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 10% | A+ |
| 89 | Ocean Pointe HI | 17,085 | $150K | 2.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,822 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Doylestown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Doylestown Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Doylestown (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Doylestown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown Township | – | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $149,764 |
| Doylestown | 7% | A | A+ | 24 min | $99,322 |
| New Britain | under 2% | A+ | A+ | 23 min | $125,227 |
| Warwick Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 32 min | $155,351 |
| Buckingham Township | 2% | A+ | B | 34 min | $190,230 |
| New Britain Township | under 2% | A | B | 26 min | $144,193 |
| Warrington Township | 3% | A | A | 30 min | $133,179 |
| Plumstead Township | 3% | A | B− | 32 min | $138,259 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Doylestown Township’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 2024, 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 Doylestown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Doylestown Township?
$149,764 (±$23,411) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doylestown Township?
4.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doylestown Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doylestown Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 20 mi), Doylestown (7%, 1 mi), Plumstead Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Doylestown Township walkable?
Doylestown Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Doylestown Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doylestown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doylestown Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.