Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0New Britain’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 2.3 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia. Below the poverty line: 4.6% of residents, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. The two grades for New Britain are A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Britain’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Britain is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #36 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides New Britain’s grade. 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, New Britain could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in New Britain by day
On a workday 1,330 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 1,867 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in New Britain on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where New Britain clocks in
8% of workers
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.
67% of the jobs in New Britain pay over $3,333 a month
1,901 jobs are based in New Britain.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Britain, 2014 → 2024: 1,774 → 1,901. 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 New Britain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Britain workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,146 commuters (the 18% 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 New Britain
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 New Britain, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Britain is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #79 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place New Britain 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 1,406 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, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 71% 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). 0.0% of New Britain households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of New Britain’s commuters take a bus or train.
New Britain is 114th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | West Amwell Township NJ | 3,037 | $151K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 113 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 114 | New Britain PA | 2,799 | $125K | 4.6% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 115 | Richland Township KS | 2,161 | $119K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 116 | Wea Township KS | 2,089 | $133K | 2.0% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 0% | 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 New Britain, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
New Britain and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Doylestown Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Britain workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain | – | A+ | A+ | 23 min | $125,227 |
| Doylestown Township | 6% | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $149,764 |
| New Britain Township | under 3% | A | B | 26 min | $144,193 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Britain’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 New Britain: questions
What is the median household income in New Britain?
$125,227 (±$15,632) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Britain?
4.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Britain?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Britain work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 20 mi), Doylestown (6%, 3 mi), Doylestown Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Britain walkable?
New Britain is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 12.9 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Britain without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Britain, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Britain
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.