Work & commute · Clifton Heights

Work & commute in Clifton Heights, PA

Most working residents leave Clifton Heights for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (26%), Upper Darby (5%) and Lower Merion (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 3,042 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,933 Clifton Heights residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 1,408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton Heights.

2,933live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

1,408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clifton Heights goes to work

Philadelphia10.2 mi away

26%780

Upper Darby1.4 mi away

5%145

Clifton Heights (in town)right here

4%109

Lower Merion6.9 mi away

3%106

Springfield2.2 mi away

3%86

Haverford4.1 mi away

2%71

Media5 mi away

2%70

Marple4.4 mi away

2%68

Upper Merion11.9 mi away

2%68

Tredyffrin12.5 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,475

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

How far

How far Clifton Heights commutes

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

66%

23%

66%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton Heights is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton Heights are

1,517 jobs are based in Clifton Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clifton Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clifton Heights

1,517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Clifton Heights residents hold

3,042 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+40%

Jobs based in Clifton Heights, 2013 → 2023: 1,082 → 1,517. 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.