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 3.0Wrightstown Township has higher household incomes than 98% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 5.8%, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Wrightstown Township grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 26% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wrightstown Township in brief
Wrightstown Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wrightstown Township went from 679 in 2013 to 1,058 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Wrightstown Township
26% of Wrightstown Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wrightstown Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wrightstown Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #49 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($188,553, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. 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, Wrightstown Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The kinds of work in Wrightstown Township
1,058 jobs are based in Wrightstown Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wrightstown Township, 2013 → 2023: 679 → 1,058. 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 Wrightstown Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Wrightstown Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wrightstown Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,174 commuters (the 26% 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.
In and out of Wrightstown Township on a workday
On a workday 1,385 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 972 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Wrightstown Township on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Wrightstown Township clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Where in the region Wrightstown Township works
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.
Most trips from Wrightstown Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wrightstown Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #389 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Wrightstown Township 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 1,581 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). 0.5% of Wrightstown Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Wrightstown Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wrightstown Township is 162nd of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 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% | 2% | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Trappe PA | 4,061 | $127K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | Bayside WI | 4,331 | $160K | 5.1% | 2.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 161 | Hamel Township IL | 2,774 | $125K | 3.7% | 0.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 162 | Wrightstown Township PA | 3,278 | $189K | 5.8% | 2.5% | 6% | A+ |
| 163 | Johnson AR | 3,684 | $96K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 164 | Aspinwall PA | 2,809 | $107K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wrightstown Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Wrightstown Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Newtown Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wrightstown Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrightstown Township | – | A+ | B+ | 30 min | $188,553 |
| Northampton Township | 3% | A+ | B | 31 min | $158,583 |
| Richboro | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Buckingham Township | under 2% | A+ | B | 34 min | $190,230 |
| Newtown Township | 5% | A− | A− | 34 min | $147,617 |
| Upper Makefield Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 27 min | $212,768 |
| Warwick Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 32 min | $155,351 |
Same-state neighbors only. Richboro: 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 Wrightstown Township’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 Wrightstown Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wrightstown Township?
$188,553 (±$38,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wrightstown Township?
5.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wrightstown Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wrightstown Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (14%, 19 mi), Newtown Township (5%, 4 mi), Bensalem Township (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wrightstown Township walkable?
Wrightstown Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wrightstown Township without a car?
1% 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 Wrightstown Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wrightstown Township
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.