Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Dublin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Dublin report 573 jobs for 1,305 working residents. The two grades for Dublin are A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 3% stay in Dublin for work; outside it, Doylestown Township is the main destination (6%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Dublin, in brief
The figures behind Dublin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dublin is better than 79% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Dublin’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dublin could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dublin
On a workday 1,272 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Dublin on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer 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 people from Dublin work
Where Dublin clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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.
65% of the jobs in Dublin pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 456 → 573. 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 Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Dublin, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,049 commuters (the 14% 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.
The commute from Dublin, by distance
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.
In Dublin, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dublin is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,222 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.9% of Dublin households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dublin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dublin places 825th of 5,207 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 823 | Elk Creek KY | 2,207 | $144K | 7.9% | 4.3% | 1% | A− |
| 824 | Nisswa MN | 2,217 | $100K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 17% | A− |
| 825 | Dublin PA | 2,436 | $88K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 3% | A− |
| 826 | Ensley Township MI | 2,723 | $76K | 3.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 827 | Hillsdale Township MI | 2,000 | $89K | 2.4% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Dublin, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Dublin
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dublin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | – | A− | B+ | 28 min | $87,813 |
| Bedminster Township | under 2% | A− | B | 34 min | $152,049 |
| Hilltown Township | under 2% | A | B | 31 min | $133,690 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dublin’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 Dublin: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin?
$87,813 (±$28,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin?
10.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dublin work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Doylestown Township (6%, 6 mi), Philadelphia (6%, 26 mi), Plumstead Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin walkable?
Dublin is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dublin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin
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.