Work & commute · Colwyn

Work & commute in Colwyn, PA

Most working residents leave Colwyn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (31%), Lower Merion (4%) and Upper Darby (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,158 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,146 Colwyn residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colwyn.

1,146live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colwyn goes to work

Philadelphia9.3 mi away

31%355

Lower Merion8.2 mi away

4%46

Upper Darby3.2 mi away

3%33

Newtown10 mi away

2%27

Chester7.8 mi away

2%25

Springfield4.6 mi away

2%23

Darby0.8 mi away

2%22

Haverford6.2 mi away

2%19

Middletown9.3 mi away

1%17

Radnor10 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%575

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

How far

How far Colwyn commutes

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

65%

25%

65%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colwyn is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colwyn are

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

Jobs based in Colwyn

291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Colwyn residents hold

1,158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Colwyn, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 291. 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.