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Commute matrix.

Drive times from every one of the 54 municipalities to Philadelphia, Trenton, and Midtown Manhattan — computed from the OpenStreetMap road network, not guessed — beside each town's Census mean commute and its SEPTA Regional Rail line. Sort by the hub your life points at.

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The matrix Rail reality Questions Sources
County commute pulse Free-flow · OSM
Drive to Center City
Fastest town 27 min
County median55 min
Rail access
Towns w/ rail context23 of 54
SEPTA lines4
Free-flow drive times (no traffic), OpenStreetMap routing retrieved 2026-07-23; ACS mean commutes 2020–2024. Sources at the bottom.

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The matrix

All 54 towns, three hubs.

Click a column to sort. Drive figures are free-flow — read them as a floor and a fair town-to-town comparison, not a rush-hour promise. The ACS column is what resident workers actually average, all modes and destinations.

Regional Rail
Bedminster Township Upper Bucks 66 min 37.4 mi 57 min 30.7 mi 119 min 79.1 mi 34.4 min No rail in town
Bensalem Township Lower Bucks 27 min 18.2 mi 24 min 13.8 mi 108 min 82 mi 28.9 min Cornwells Heights station — SEPTA Trenton Line
Bridgeton Township River Corridor 86 min 50 mi 66 min 37.3 mi 107 min 70 mi 35 min No rail in town
Bristol Borough Lower Bucks 36 min 21.9 mi 19 min 10.7 mi 101 min 75.6 mi 32 min Bristol station — SEPTA Trenton Line
Bristol Township Lower Bucks 34 min 21.9 mi 19 min 10.6 mi 102 min 75.9 mi 27.4 min SEPTA Trenton Line (Croydon station)
Buckingham Township Central Bucks 66 min 40.7 mi 44 min 23.9 mi 116 min 78.6 mi 33.7 min No rail in town
Chalfont Borough Central Bucks 48 min 26.9 mi 52 min 29.4 mi 128 min 86.4 mi 28.4 min Chalfont station — SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line
Doylestown Borough Central Bucks 55 min 29.7 mi 44 min 26.6 mi 118 min 80.9 mi 24.4 min Doylestown station — SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line
Doylestown Township Central Bucks 56 min 30.2 mi 44 min 26.6 mi 119 min 80.9 mi 25.4 min SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line
Dublin Borough Upper Bucks 59 min 33.5 mi 51 min 31.6 mi 122 min 81.5 mi 28.4 min No rail in town
Durham Township Upper Bucks 92 min 52 mi 77 min 41.5 mi 112 min 77.2 mi 36.9 min No rail in town
East Rockhill Township Upper Bucks 70 min 40.1 mi 62 min 38.3 mi 126 min 88.5 mi 37.7 min No rail in town
Falls Township Lower Bucks 41 min 25.7 mi 11 min 5.6 mi 101 min 67.3 mi 25.1 min Levittown station — SEPTA Trenton Line
Haycock Township Upper Bucks 73 min 41.2 mi 65 min 39.3 mi 125 min 86.9 mi 31.6 min No rail in town
Hilltown Township Upper Bucks 61 min 40.6 mi 58 min 35 mi 128 min 84 mi 31.2 min No rail in town
Hulmeville Borough Lower Bucks 32 min 21.3 mi 19 min 11.2 mi 107 min 79.9 mi 27.3 min No rail in town
Ivyland Borough Central Bucks 44 min 27.8 mi 35 min 20.1 mi 121 min 88.9 mi 37.3 min Warminster station — SEPTA Warminster Line
Langhorne Borough Lower Bucks 38 min 23.6 mi 16 min 9.9 mi 107 min 71.6 mi 23 min SEPTA West Trenton Line (Langhorne station)
Langhorne Manor Borough Lower Bucks 36 min 22.8 mi 16 min 10.3 mi 106 min 72 mi 21.8 min SEPTA West Trenton Line
Lower Makefield Township Lower Bucks 46 min 30 mi 11 min 5.2 mi 101 min 65.8 mi 28.4 min SEPTA West Trenton Line
Lower Southampton Township Lower Bucks 35 min 22.7 mi 26 min 14.6 mi 112 min 82.7 mi 34.1 min SEPTA West Trenton Line (Trevose station)
Middletown Township Lower Bucks 35 min 22.8 mi 16 min 10 mi 106 min 71.7 mi 27.6 min Langhorne & Woodbourne stations — SEPTA West Trenton Line
Milford Township Upper Bucks 60 min 44.8 mi 75 min 58.4 mi 135 min 99.9 mi 28.2 min No rail in town
Morrisville Borough Lower Bucks 46 min 31.6 mi 4 min 1.9 mi 95 min 63.7 mi 26.5 min Trenton rail hub (across the bridge)
New Britain Borough Central Bucks 52 min 28.5 mi 49 min 30.1 mi 124 min 84.4 mi 23.2 min New Britain station — SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line
New Britain Township Central Bucks 52 min 28.3 mi 49 min 29.9 mi 124 min 84.2 mi 26.3 min SEPTA Lansdale/Doylestown Line (nearby stations)
New Hope Borough River Corridor 60 min 40.3 mi 28 min 16.5 mi 100 min 70.3 mi 34.8 min No rail in town
Newtown Borough Lower Bucks 45 min 28.4 mi 20 min 10.9 mi 105 min 71.5 mi 30 min No rail in town
Newtown Township Lower Bucks 45 min 28.1 mi 21 min 11.1 mi 105 min 71.7 mi 34.1 min West Trenton Line via Woodbourne station
Nockamixon Township Upper Bucks 75 min 43.9 mi 60 min 33.3 mi 117 min 81.1 mi 39.2 min No rail in town
Northampton Township Lower Bucks 42 min 26.3 mi 30 min 15.7 mi 114 min 77.2 mi 30.5 min No rail in town
Penndel Borough Lower Bucks 34 min 22 mi 18 min 10.7 mi 108 min 72.5 mi 27.7 min SEPTA West Trenton Line (Langhorne station)
Perkasie Borough Upper Bucks 59 min 39 mi 64 min 38.2 mi 134 min 87.2 mi 28.9 min No rail in town
Plumstead Township Central Bucks 66 min 36.4 mi 48 min 28.5 mi 119 min 79.4 mi 31.6 min No rail in town
Quakertown Borough Upper Bucks 63 min 47.5 mi 67 min 40.6 mi 129 min 89 mi 24.1 min No rail in town
Richland Township Upper Bucks 65 min 48.4 mi 67 min 40.9 mi 127 min 87.8 mi 29.1 min No rail in town
Richlandtown Borough Upper Bucks 69 min 50.2 mi 70 min 42.1 mi 124 min 86.3 mi 26.4 min No rail in town
Riegelsville Borough Upper Bucks 87 min 51.5 mi 72 min 40.9 mi 101 min 72.6 mi 30.3 min No rail in town
Sellersville Borough Upper Bucks 56 min 37.8 mi 65 min 41.3 mi 136 min 87.6 mi 23.7 min No rail in town
Silverdale Borough Upper Bucks 56 min 37.7 mi 61 min 36.6 mi 131 min 85.5 mi 23.4 min No rail in town
Solebury Township River Corridor 68 min 43.7 mi 35 min 19.9 mi 104 min 70.4 mi 32.1 min No rail in town
Springfield Township Upper Bucks 79 min 55.5 mi 74 min 40.9 mi 116 min 81.4 mi 38.4 min No rail in town
Telford Borough Central Bucks 53 min 35.9 mi 62 min 39.4 mi 139 min 89.6 mi 27.2 min No rail in town
Tinicum Township River Corridor 79 min 44 mi 58 min 32.1 mi 108 min 72.3 mi 36.9 min No rail in town
Trumbauersville Borough Upper Bucks 62 min 46.6 mi 75 min 44.8 mi 135 min 100.1 mi 33 min No rail in town
Tullytown Borough Lower Bucks 40 min 25.8 mi 13 min 7.6 mi 103 min 76.9 mi 22.9 min SEPTA Trenton Line (Levittown station)
Upper Makefield Township River Corridor 55 min 34.2 mi 25 min 12.9 mi 108 min 71.9 mi 27.4 min No rail in town
Upper Southampton Township Lower Bucks 37 min 24.2 mi 30 min 17.8 mi 114 min 85.3 mi 29.9 min No rail in town
Warminster Township Central Bucks 43 min 27.7 mi 37 min 21.2 mi 121 min 88.7 mi 26.5 min Warminster station — SEPTA Warminster Line terminus
Warrington Township Central Bucks 46 min 25.9 mi 43 min 25 mi 125 min 84.8 mi 30.3 min Nearest Regional Rail — Warminster station
Warwick Township Central Bucks 50 min 31 mi 37 min 20.3 mi 121 min 80.9 mi 32.1 min Nearest Regional Rail — Warminster station
West Rockhill Township Upper Bucks 58 min 38.8 mi 71 min 45.7 mi 140 min 103 mi 26.3 min No rail in town
Wrightstown Township Central Bucks 47 min 29.2 mi 31 min 17 mi 115 min 77.6 mi 29.6 min No rail in town
Yardley Borough River Corridor 45 min 31.1 mi 12 min 5.7 mi 98 min 67.2 mi 27 min Yardley station — SEPTA West Trenton Line

Drive times are free-flow OpenStreetMap routing from each municipality's centroid — no live traffic, and a township centroid can sit several minutes from any given address in it. Rush hour on I-95, US 1, or into Manhattan routinely runs 1.5–2× these figures. Retrieved 2026-07-23.

Rail reality

Four lines, one honest picture.

West Trenton Line

The Lower Bucks commuter spine — Yardley, Woodbourne, Langhorne, and Trevose stations serve Lower Makefield, Middletown, Newtown, and the Langhorne boroughs. It also meets NJ Transit's West Trenton service for a two-seat ride toward New York.

Trenton Line

Hugs the river through Bensalem (Cornwells Heights park-and-ride), Croydon, Bristol, and Levittown — and Trenton Transit Center at the end of it is the county's fastest door to NJ Transit Northeast Corridor express trains and Amtrak.

Warminster Line

Terminates at Warminster station, the practical option for Warminster, Ivyland, and the Warrington/Warwick townships to its north — Central Bucks towns whose drives to any hub are otherwise all road.

Lansdale/Doylestown Line

Central Bucks' own line: Doylestown, New Britain, and Chalfont stations connect the borough core to Center City. Upper Bucks north of there — Quakertown, Perkasie, Sellersville — has no passenger rail and trades commute convenience for price and space.

Confirm current timetables at septa.org/schedules before planning a rail commute — service levels change. Each town profile carries its verified station context.

Questions

The commute, answered.

How long is the commute from Bucks County to Philadelphia?

It depends heavily on the corridor. Free-flow drive times to Center City range from about 27 minutes (Bensalem Township) in Lower Bucks to over an hour from Upper Bucks, with a county median around 55 minutes — before traffic. The ACS 2020–2024 mean commute for workers actually living in each town (all destinations, all modes) runs roughly 21 to 38 minutes each way.

Which Bucks County towns have SEPTA Regional Rail?

Four SEPTA lines serve Bucks County: the West Trenton Line (Yardley, Langhorne, Woodbourne, Trevose), the Trenton Line along the river (Cornwells Heights, Croydon, Bristol, Levittown), the Warminster Line terminus in Warminster, and the Lansdale/Doylestown Line through Chalfont, New Britain, and Doylestown. 23 of the 54 municipalities have station-level rail context in their town guides; Upper Bucks has no passenger rail.

Can you commute from Bucks County to New York City?

Yes, and most NYC commuters don't drive it — the standard pattern is driving to a rail hub. Trenton Transit Center (12 minutes from Yardley) connects to NJ Transit's Northeast Corridor express service and Amtrak, and SEPTA's West Trenton Line meets NJ Transit's West Trenton service. Free-flow drive times to Midtown run about 95 to 130 minutes depending on the town, but rush-hour driving is substantially worse.

Do these drive times include traffic?

No — they are free-flow road-network times from OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM), best read as a floor and a way to compare towns fairly against each other. Rush-hour trips on I-95, Route 1, or into Manhattan can take 1.5–2× the free-flow figure. The ACS mean-commute column reflects what residents actually experience across all modes and destinations.

Sources

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