Located strategically in the Northeast Corridor, Bucks County is accessible to nearly every kind of transportation network available, with Philadelphia as its nucleus. (New York City is only 75 miles; Baltimore, 120 miles; Washington DC, 158 miles; and Boston, 288 miles.) One third of the nation's population resides within a one-day drive of Bucks County, making it a prime location for the transport of goods and services not only throughout the Eastern Seaboard, but also throughout the world.
With more than 54% of Bucks? residents working within the county, most employment is in smaller businesses of a broad range of industries. Bucks has a well-educated work force, with education levels higher than both state and national averages. With 300,000 workers, Bucks has the 3rd largest labor force in the region (Philadelphia, 700,000; Montgomery, 380,000). The County's median household income is expected to increase at a rate faster than the state.
Property taxes tend to be lower than other regional counties, especially those in New Jersey. PA income taxes are also generally lower than those in NJ are. Corporate income and other business taxes, for the most part, are higher than in New Jersey. Of 54 Bucks municipalities, 37 have a resident earned income tax, 32 non-resident earned income tax, 21 a per-capita tax, and 19 have wholesale mercantile taxes.
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