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Jobs & commute in Warminster Heights

With 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

What stands out · In brief

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.

★ What stands out · The jobs

66% of the jobs in Warminster Heights pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Warminster HeightsJobs Warminster Heights residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%16%
Trade, transport & utilities55%18%
Services: health, schools, offices38%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%19%
Over $3,333 a month66%70%

Who does it

29 or younger18%22%
30 to 5451%52%
55 and older31%25%
+18%

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.

The commute map

Commuting out of Warminster Heights: the destinations

Philadelphia: 325 residents work here (16%)Abington Township: 45 residents work here (2%)Upper Moreland Township: 47 residents work here (2%)Middletown TownshipWarwick TownshipUpper Southampton Township: 53 residents work here (3%)Northampton Township: 52 residents work here (3%)Horsham Township: 91 residents work here (4%)Doylestown Township: 58 residents work here (3%)Warminster Township: 184 residents work here (9%)Bristol TownshipWarrington Township: 41 residents work here (2%)Bensalem Township: 41 residents work here (2%)Warminster HeightsPhiladelphiaWarminster TownshipHorsham TownshipDoylestown TownshipUpper Southampton TownshipNorthampton TownshipWarminster Heights
1
Philadelphia12.6 mi away
16%325
29%184
3
Horsham Township4.4 mi away
4%91
43%58
63%52
72%47
82%45
92%41
102%41
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%1,114
The top trips

Where Warminster Heights clocks in

Lines 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.

Day and night

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.

2,034live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
909work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,900
Workday2,800
3,900live here− 2,000head out to work+ 910come in to work= 2,800on a workday

About 2,800 people are in Warminster Heights on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.45jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

Time on the road

About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average

A year of commuting
191 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Warminster Heights25 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Warminster Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Warminster Heights gets to work
86%Drive alone
8%Carpool
0%Transit
4%Walk
1%Bike
1%Other

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.

How far

Warminster Heights’ commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi30 miPhiladelphia: 16% · 12.6 miWarminster Township: 9% · 1 miHorsham Township: 4% · 4.4 miDoylestown Township: 3% · 8.1 miUpper Southampton Township: 3% · 2.9 miNorthampton Township: 3% · 4.7 miUpper Moreland Township: 2% · 2.4 miAbington Township: 2% · 5.4 miWarrington Township: 2% · 5.8 miBensalem Township: 2% · 9.3 miPhiladelphia 16%Warminster Township 9%Horsham Township 4%Doylestown Township 3%Warminster Heights
Warminster HeightsTop destinations (size = commuters)
49%Under 10 mi998 residents
33%10–24 mi666 residents
7%25–50 mi150 residents
11%Over 50 mi233 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

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.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Warminster Heights

Warminster Heights home →

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.