Photo: Adam Moss aka Roadgeek Adam on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Hatfield works elsewhere
Hatfield has 923 jobs, against 1,767 working residents. Jobs and income earn Hatfield A−; getting around on foot earns it A. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 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 Hatfield
Jobs in Hatfield have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Hatfield went from 376 in 2013 to 923 in 2023, +145%. The jobs ↓
Hatfield makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Hatfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hatfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hatfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hatfield
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hatfield is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #274 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($80,962, U.S. $80,734). 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, Hatfield could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Goods jobs make up 60% of work in Hatfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatfield, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 923. 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 Hatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Hatfield takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,783 commuters (the 16% 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.
Who commutes out of Hatfield, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,727 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Hatfield on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
10% of working residents work in Hatfield Township
Where Hatfield clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Hatfield’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Hatfield
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hatfield is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #219 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% 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 2,122 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, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 6.6% of Hatfield households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hatfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hatfield ranks: 708th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 68 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 706 | Bertrand Township MI | 2,587 | $101K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 5% | A− |
| 707 | Perry Township PA | 2,524 | $95K | 4.8% | 3.3% | 5% | A− |
| 708 | Hatfield PA | 3,424 | $81K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 709 | Conewago Township PA | 3,067 | $108K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 5% | A− |
| 710 | Hidden Springs ID | 3,378 | $163K | 7.2% | 4.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hatfield, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Hatfield: questions
What is the median household income in Hatfield?
$80,962 (±$22,914) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatfield?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatfield?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hatfield Township (10%, 0 mi), Philadelphia (10%, 20 mi), Montgomery Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hatfield walkable?
Hatfield is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hatfield without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hatfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatfield
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.