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Work & commute in Avondale, PA

Most working residents leave Avondale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Garden (10%), Kennett (6%) and London Grove (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
7 of 520 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 513 Avondale residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avondale.

513live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
339work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Avondale goes to work

WilmingtonAvondaleWest GroveKennett SquarePhiladelphiaLower OxfordNew LondonEast NottinghamNew GardenLondon GroveEast WhitelandKennettWest WhitelandPennTredyffrinWest GoshenNew GardenKennettLondon GrovePhiladelphiaWilmingtonPennWest GoshenEast WhitelandWest WhitelandTredyffrinAvondale
1
New Garden1.6 mi away
10%54
2
Kennett5.3 mi away
6%33
3
London Grove1.8 mi away
4%23
4
Philadelphia36.6 mi away
3%18
5
Wilmington, DE14.6 mi away
3%16
6
Penn4.9 mi away
3%16
7
West Goshen14.2 mi away
3%14
8
East Whiteland19.5 mi away
2%10
9
West Whiteland16.3 mi away
2%10
10
Tredyffrin24.2 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%316

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

How far

How far Avondale commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Avondale is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Avondale are

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

Jobs based in Avondale

346 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)52%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Avondale residents hold

520 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+16%

Jobs based in Avondale, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 346. 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.

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