Work & commute · Darby

Work & commute in Darby, PA

Most working residents leave Darby for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (36%), Upper Darby (3%) and Lower Merion (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 4,291 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 4,198 Darby residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 2,085 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darby.

4,198live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

2,085work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darby goes to work

Philadelphia9.1 mi away

36%1,542

Upper Darby2.4 mi away

3%143

Lower Merion7.5 mi away

3%137

Upper Merion13.3 mi away

2%97

Darby (in town)right here

2%93

Marple6.3 mi away

2%89

Springfield4.1 mi away

2%71

Newtown9.3 mi away

1%54

Collingdale1 mi away

1%53

Logan, NJ10.2 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,960

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

How far

How far Darby 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?

Darby is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darby are

2,178 jobs are based in Darby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Darby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Darby

2,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Darby residents hold

4,291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−29%

Jobs based in Darby, 2013 → 2023: 3,056 → 2,178. 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.