Photo: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Doylestown works elsewhere
Doylestown has 7 jobs, and 162 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Doylestown; the top destination outside it is Madison (29%, 28 miles). The average commute takes 37 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Doylestown
On a workday 162 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Doylestown on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Doylestown commutes to
Where Doylestown clocks in
29% 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.
Goods jobs make up 86% of work in Doylestown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Doylestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Doylestown takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doylestown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Doylestown
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
How Doylestown compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Doylestown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doylestown | – | — | — | 37 min | $75,000 |
| Otsego | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Otsego: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Doylestown’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 Doylestown: questions
What is the median household income in Doylestown?
$75,000 (±$17,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doylestown?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doylestown?
37 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doylestown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (29%, 28 mi), Portage (7%, 18 mi), Sun Prairie (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Doylestown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doylestown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doylestown
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.