Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 3.0Doylestown has 2.2 jobs for every working resident: 7,977 people commute in to work
Employers in Doylestown report 8,468 jobs, against 3,936 working residents. Doylestown grades A for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Doylestown
Doylestown is where the jobs are
Doylestown has 8,468 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 13,000 people are in town, 54% more than the 8,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Doylestown’s commute
The biggest draw, Doylestown Township, gets only 8% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Doylestown residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Doylestown draws workers from far and wide
The 8,468 jobs in Doylestown are filled from a wide area. Doylestown’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 37%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Doylestown
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Doylestown is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #168 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Doylestown could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Doylestown on a workday
On a workday 3,445 residents head out to work and 491 work right here.
About 13,000 people are in Doylestown on a workday afternoon, 54% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Doylestown’s workers come from
Where Doylestown 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doylestown, 2013 → 2023: 8,429 → 8,468. 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 Doylestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Doylestown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doylestown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,623 commuters (the 20% 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.
Where in the region Doylestown works
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Doylestown
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Doylestown is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns, #67 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Doylestown 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 4,545 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 82% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 37% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 12.7% of Doylestown households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Doylestown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,012 U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,200, Doylestown comes 447th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 51 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 58 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 445 | North Coventry Township PA | 8,413 | $99K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 4% | A |
| 446 | Wesley Chapel NC | 9,566 | $132K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3% | A |
| 447 | Doylestown PA | 8,330 | $99K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 12% | A |
| 448 | Jamul CA | 6,574 | $153K | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3% | A |
| 449 | Winfield IL | 10,146 | $136K | 3.2% | 5.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 12% of Doylestown
The biggest share goes to Doylestown Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Doylestown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown | – | A | A+ | 24 min | $99,322 |
| Doylestown Township | 8% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $149,764 |
| Buckingham Township | 4% | A+ | B | 34 min | $190,230 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Doylestown’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 Doylestown: questions
What is the median household income in Doylestown?
$99,322 (±$8,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doylestown?
5.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doylestown?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doylestown work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Doylestown Township (8%, 1 mi), Philadelphia (7%, 21 mi), Plumstead Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Doylestown walkable?
Doylestown is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.7 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Doylestown without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 37% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doylestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doylestown
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. 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.