Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Yardley earn more than those in 85% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 3.4% of residents, next to 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Yardley are A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 4.0 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Yardley, in a few figures
Yardley trades workers with the towns around it
Yardley has about as many jobs (1,104) as working residents (1,250), but they are mostly different people: 1,203 residents leave for work each day while 1,057 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Yardley are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Yardley
26% of Yardley workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Yardley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Yardley is Philadelphia, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (122) 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.
Why Yardley gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Yardley is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #250 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Yardley’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Yardley could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
How a workday changes Yardley
On a workday 1,203 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 1,057 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Yardley takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yardley workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,012 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.
How many miles Yardley commutes
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.
10% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Yardley clocks in
10% 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.
Yardley is a services town
1,104 jobs are based in Yardley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yardley, 2013 → 2023: 1,019 → 1,104. 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 Yardley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Good to walk, short on transit: Yardley
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Yardley is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #38 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Yardley 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 1,362 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 5.7% of Yardley households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Yardley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Yardley ranks: 623rd of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 621 | Spring Lake MI | 2,504 | $88K | 7.3% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 622 | Poland OH | 2,418 | $92K | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2% | A− |
| 623 | Yardley PA | 2,577 | $113K | 3.4% | 6.4% | 4% | A− |
| 624 | Hiram Township OH | 2,420 | $98K | 2.6% | 4.1% | 2% | A− |
| 625 | Lincoln WI | 2,144 | $96K | 2.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Yardley, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Yardley
The biggest share goes to Lower Makefield Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yardley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yardley | – | A− | A+ | 27 min | $112,500 |
| Lower Makefield Township | 5% | A | B | 28 min | $175,206 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Yardley’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 Yardley: questions
What is the median household income in Yardley?
$112,500 (±$19,915) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yardley?
3.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yardley?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yardley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (10%, 22 mi), Lower Makefield Township (5%, 1 mi), Trenton (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Yardley walkable?
Yardley is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.7 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Yardley without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yardley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yardley
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.