Work & commute · Collegeville

Work & commute in Collegeville, PA

Most working residents leave Collegeville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Upper Merion (7%) and Upper Providence (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 2,182 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,063 Collegeville residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Collegeville.

2,063live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

1,763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Collegeville goes to work

Philadelphia21.1 mi away

8%168

Upper Merion7.8 mi away

7%159

Upper Providence2.1 mi away

6%124

Collegeville (in town)right here

5%119

Tredyffrin8.3 mi away

4%93

Limerick5.1 mi away

3%69

Lower Providence3.4 mi away

3%64

Upper Gwynedd9 mi away

2%49

Skippack2.8 mi away

2%49

East Whiteland10.9 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,243

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

How far

How far Collegeville commutes

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

48%

35%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Collegeville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Collegeville are

1,882 jobs are based in Collegeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collegeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Collegeville

1,882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Collegeville residents hold

2,182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+41%

Jobs based in Collegeville, 2013 → 2023: 1,336 → 1,882. 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.