Work & commute · Chadds Ford

Work & commute in Chadds Ford, PA

Most working residents leave Chadds Ford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (15%), Concord (6%) and Tredyffrin (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,774 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,697 Chadds Ford residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 3,209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chadds Ford.

1,697live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

3,209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chadds Ford goes to work

Philadelphia25.2 mi away

15%262

Concord3.2 mi away

6%113

Chadds Ford (in town)right here

4%77

Tredyffrin15.4 mi away

4%72

Wilmington, DE9.1 mi away

4%70

West Goshen7.7 mi away

3%59

Upper Merion18.5 mi away

2%44

Lower Merion19.1 mi away

2%30

Kennett6.3 mi away

1%25

East Whiteland12.7 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%999

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

How far

How far Chadds Ford commutes

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

35%

48%

35%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chadds Ford is a job hub

1.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chadds Ford are

3,286 jobs are based in Chadds Ford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chadds Ford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chadds Ford

3,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Chadds Ford residents hold

1,774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+34%

Jobs based in Chadds Ford, 2013 → 2023: 2,460 → 3,286. 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.