Work & commute · Atglen

Work & commute in Atglen, PA

Most working residents leave Atglen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are West Sadsbury (7%), Philadelphia (5%) and Sadsbury (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 579 Atglen residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atglen.

579live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atglen goes to work

West Sadsbury2.1 mi away

7%38

Philadelphia44.8 mi away

5%29

Sadsbury2.3 mi away

3%20

West Goshen20.2 mi away

3%18

West Fallowfield3.4 mi away

3%17

West Whiteland19.7 mi away

3%17

Downingtown15.1 mi away

3%16

Salisbury6.7 mi away

3%15

Caln11.9 mi away

3%15

East Lampeter14.1 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%384

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

How far

How far Atglen commutes

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

29%

37%

23%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atglen is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atglen are

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

Jobs based in Atglen

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Atglen residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−76%

Jobs based in Atglen, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 139. 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.