Work & commute · Abington

Work & commute in Abington, PA

Most working residents leave Abington for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (30%), Horsham (3%) and Upper Dublin (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,625 of 28,051 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,426 Abington residents head out of town to work, 2,625 work right here, and 19,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abington.

25,426live here, work elsewhere

2,625live and work here

19,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abington goes to work

Philadelphia7.3 mi away

30%8,412

Abington (in town)right here

9%2,625

Horsham6.5 mi away

3%911

Upper Dublin4.3 mi away

3%732

Upper Moreland3.1 mi away

3%721

Cheltenham2.8 mi away

2%597

Upper Merion14.2 mi away

2%596

Lower Merion10.5 mi away

2%495

Bensalem9 mi away

2%455

Tredyffrin18 mi away

1%409

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%12,098

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abington commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

37%

51%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Abington are

21,641 jobs are based in Abington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abington

21,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Abington residents hold

28,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−12%

Jobs based in Abington, 2013 → 2023: 24,621 → 21,641. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.