Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Warminster Heights works elsewhere
There are 926 jobs in Warminster Heights; 2,051 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Warminster Heights for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (16%, 13 miles). 7% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Warminster Heights at work: what stands out
Stores, warehouses and trucking
55% of the jobs in Warminster Heights are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Warminster Heights and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Warminster Heights residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Warminster Heights come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
66% of the jobs in Warminster Heights pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warminster Heights, 2014 → 2024: 782 → 926. 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 Warminster Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Warminster Heights: the destinations
Where Warminster Heights clocks in
16% of workers
9% 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 daily flow of workers through Warminster Heights
On a workday 2,034 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 909 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Warminster Heights on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warminster Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,999 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.
Warminster Heights’ commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Warminster Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Warminster Heights?
$53,472 (±$12,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warminster Heights?
15.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warminster Heights?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warminster Heights work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (16%, 13 mi), Warminster Township (9%, 1 mi), Horsham Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Warminster Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warminster Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warminster Heights
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.