Work & commute · Chalfont

Work & commute in Chalfont, PA

Most working residents leave Chalfont for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Doylestown (6%) and Horsham (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 2,361 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,292 Chalfont residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 845 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chalfont.

2,292live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

845work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chalfont goes to work

Philadelphia19.7 mi away

7%162

Doylestown3.7 mi away

6%146

Horsham6.6 mi away

5%110

Doylestown4.7 mi away

4%89

New Britain1.2 mi away

3%77

Chalfont (in town)right here

3%69

Montgomery3.4 mi away

3%60

Upper Gwynedd7 mi away

2%52

Warminster8.7 mi away

2%50

Plumstead8.2 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,499

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

How far

How far Chalfont commutes

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

45%

38%

45%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chalfont is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chalfont are

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

Jobs based in Chalfont

914 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Chalfont residents hold

2,361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+1%

Jobs based in Chalfont, 2013 → 2023: 902 → 914. 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.