Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Tullytown draws 2,210 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 6.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia. 2,251 jobs are based in Tullytown for 1,126 working residents. Tullytown grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Tullytown apart on work
Tullytown is where the jobs are
Tullytown has 2,251 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, 50% more than the 2,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Tullytown are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Tullytown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tullytown is better than 51% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Tullytown’s grade up (ahead of 92% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tullytown could be anywhere from C to A−.
In and out of Tullytown on a workday
On a workday 1,085 residents head out to work and 41 work right here.
About 3,400 people are in Tullytown on a workday afternoon, 50% more 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.
What Tullytown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tullytown, 2013 → 2023: 2,119 → 2,251. 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 Tullytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Tullytown live
Where Tullytown clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
Getting to work from Tullytown takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tullytown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,131 commuters (the 7% 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.
Miles to work from Tullytown
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Tullytown
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tullytown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 1,210 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 56% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 56% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 88% 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). 15.0% of Tullytown households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Tullytown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Tullytown ranks 2,092nd of 5,102 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 25 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,090 | Okawville Township IL | 1,931 | $85K | 7.4% | 5.8% | 16% | B− |
| 2,091 | Snake Spring Township PA | 1,773 | $74K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 8% | B− |
| 2,092 | Tullytown PA | 2,228 | $65K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,093 | Windsor VA | 2,947 | $69K | 11.7% | 3.6% | 7% | B− |
| 2,094 | Filer Township MI | 2,289 | $75K | 3.8% | 3.8% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Tullytown, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Tullytown and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to Bristol Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tullytown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tullytown | – | B− | A− | 23 min | $65,185 |
| Falls Township | 8% | A− | A− | 25 min | $93,223 |
| Levittown | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bristol Township | 10% | B | A | 27 min | $79,101 |
Same-state neighbors only. Levittown: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tullytown’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 Tullytown: questions
What is the median household income in Tullytown?
$65,185 (±$8,804) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tullytown?
13.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tullytown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tullytown work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (10%, 19 mi), Bristol Township (10%, 3 mi), Falls Township (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tullytown walkable?
Tullytown is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tullytown without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. 56% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tullytown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tullytown
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.