Work & commute · Aldan

Work & commute in Aldan, PA

Most working residents leave Aldan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (33%), Upper Darby (5%) and Lower Merion (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 1,971 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,951 Aldan residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aldan.

1,951live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aldan goes to work

Philadelphia10.2 mi away

33%652

Upper Darby1.8 mi away

5%95

Lower Merion7.4 mi away

5%89

Springfield2.6 mi away

2%44

Upper Merion12.6 mi away

2%39

Plymouth13.2 mi away

2%34

Tredyffrin13.2 mi away

2%33

Newtown8.1 mi away

2%32

Darby1.4 mi away

2%30

Radnor8.3 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%896

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

How far

How far Aldan commutes

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

65%

25%

65%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aldan is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aldan are

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

Jobs based in Aldan

699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Aldan residents hold

1,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+17%

Jobs based in Aldan, 2013 → 2023: 596 → 699. 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.