Red Hill Historic District · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Most of Red Hill commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Red Hill grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability. Employers in Red Hill report 567 jobs; 1,207 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Red Hill itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (9%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Red Hill, in a few figures
Stores, warehouses and trucking
57% of the jobs in Red Hill are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Red Hill’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Red Hill is Philadelphia, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (107) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Red Hill’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Red Hill is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #529 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Red Hill’s grade up (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($64,697, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Red Hill could be anywhere from C to A+.
Jobs in Red Hill: what the 567 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Hill, 2013 → 2023: 470 → 567. 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 Red Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Red Hill commutes less than 15 miles
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.
Who leaves Red Hill for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,157 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 517 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Red Hill on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Red Hill’s working residents head each day
Where Red Hill clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
The trip to work from Red Hill: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 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.
Most of Red Hill commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red Hill is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #532 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 1,214 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). 9.1% of Red Hill households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Red Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Red Hill is 1,445th among 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,443 | Morton PA | 2,768 | $62K | 6.4% | 4.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,444 | Matamoras PA | 2,448 | $77K | 4.8% | 3.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,445 | Red Hill PA | 2,508 | $65K | 8.2% | 3.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,446 | Van Buren Township IN | 2,785 | $91K | 9.3% | 0.0% | 24% | B |
| 1,447 | Woodward Township PA | 2,480 | $86K | 6.3% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Red Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Red Hill
The biggest share goes to Pennsburg (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Red Hill’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 Red Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Red Hill?
$64,697 (±$24,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red Hill?
8.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red Hill?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red Hill work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (9%, 31 mi), Upper Hanover Township (6%, 2 mi), Franconia Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Red Hill walkable?
Red Hill is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red Hill without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Hill
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.