Work & commute · Ambler

Work & commute in Ambler, PA

Most working residents leave Ambler for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (20%), Upper Dublin (4%) and Whitpain (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

181 of 3,294 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,113 Ambler residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 2,718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ambler.

3,113live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

2,718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ambler goes to work

Philadelphia11.2 mi away

20%644

Ambler (in town)right here

5%181

Upper Dublin2.3 mi away

4%138

Whitpain3.1 mi away

4%134

Horsham4.2 mi away

3%109

Upper Merion9.6 mi away

3%106

Lower Gwynedd2.4 mi away

3%91

Whitemarsh3.8 mi away

3%87

Plymouth5 mi away

3%85

Upper Gwynedd5 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,638

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

How far

How far Ambler commutes

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

51%

38%

51%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ambler is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ambler are

2,899 jobs are based in Ambler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ambler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ambler

2,899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Ambler residents hold

3,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+29%

Jobs based in Ambler, 2013 → 2023: 2,246 → 2,899. 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.