Work & commute · Aston

Work & commute in Aston, PA

Most working residents leave Aston for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Concord (4%) and Middletown (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

597 of 7,916 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,319 Aston residents head out of town to work, 597 work right here, and 5,429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aston.

7,319live here, work elsewhere

597live and work here

5,429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aston goes to work

Philadelphia18.6 mi away

14%1,115

Aston (in town)right here

8%597

Concord4 mi away

4%282

Middletown2.7 mi away

3%274

Chester3.9 mi away

3%242

Ridley5.9 mi away

3%210

West Goshen11 mi away

3%206

Upper Chichester2 mi away

2%179

Media4.1 mi away

2%169

Lower Merion13.6 mi away

2%152

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%4,490

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

How far

How far Aston commutes

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

47%

40%

47%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Aston are

6,026 jobs are based in Aston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aston

6,026 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Aston residents hold

7,916 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+11%

Jobs based in Aston, 2013 → 2023: 5,431 → 6,026. 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.