Work & commute · Brookhaven

Work & commute in Brookhaven, PA

Most working residents leave Brookhaven for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (13%), Aston (5%) and Middletown (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 4,096 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,981 Brookhaven residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 1,809 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookhaven.

3,981live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

1,809work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookhaven goes to work

Philadelphia16.7 mi away

13%546

Aston2.3 mi away

5%191

Middletown3.5 mi away

3%143

Chester2 mi away

3%131

Brookhaven (in town)right here

3%115

Lower Merion12.4 mi away

3%113

Media3.4 mi away

3%111

Tredyffrin13.9 mi away

3%107

Upper Merion15.1 mi away

3%103

Marple6.7 mi away

2%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,444

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

How far

How far Brookhaven commutes

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

48%

40%

48%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookhaven is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookhaven are

1,924 jobs are based in Brookhaven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookhaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookhaven

1,924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Brookhaven residents hold

4,096 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+22%

Jobs based in Brookhaven, 2013 → 2023: 1,578 → 1,924. 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.