Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Hatboro works elsewhere
Hatboro has 2,226 jobs, and 4,293 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Hatboro A−; getting around on foot earns it A+. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hatboro, in a few figures
What’s behind Hatboro’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Hatboro’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hatboro could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
16% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Hatboro clocks in
16% 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.
Who leaves Hatboro for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,109 residents head out to work, 184 work right here, and 2,042 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Hatboro on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The kinds of work in Hatboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatboro, 2013 → 2023: 2,253 → 2,226. 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 Hatboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Hatboro: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatboro workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,108 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hatboro
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.
Hatboro is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hatboro is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns, #99 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Hatboro 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 4,831 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% 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). 5.2% of Hatboro households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hatboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
647th of 2,944: where Hatboro ranks among U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600
| # | 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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| 21 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 645 | Halls TN | 10,272 | $91K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 646 | Chestnut Ridge NY | 10,987 | $112K | 8.1% | 4.0% | 7% | A− |
| 647 | Hatboro PA | 8,593 | $113K | 4.4% | 5.6% | 4% | A− |
| 648 | Groton MA | 11,541 | $193K | 3.8% | 5.3% | 9% | A− |
| 649 | Fairfield Plantation GA | 6,172 | $103K | 5.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | 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 Hatboro, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Hatboro: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Upper Moreland Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hatboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatboro | – | A− | A+ | 26 min | $112,565 |
| Upper Moreland Township | 4% | A− | A | 29 min | $99,054 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hatboro’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 Hatboro: questions
What is the median household income in Hatboro?
$112,565 (±$9,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatboro?
4.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatboro?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (16%, 12 mi), Horsham Township (7%, 4 mi), Warminster Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hatboro walkable?
Hatboro is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hatboro without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hatboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatboro
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.