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Work & commute in Dilworthtown · A job hub

Every workday, about 760 people come to Dilworthtown for work

Most working residents leave Dilworthtown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Upper Merion (4%) and Tredyffrin (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
2%
12 of 511 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
29 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
36%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
771
A job hub

What kind of work town is Dilworthtown?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
222 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Dilworthtown29 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
36%

of Dilworthtown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
Day and night

Dilworthtown fills up on a workday

On a workday 499 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 759 people come in from elsewhere.

499live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
759work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,100
Workday1,400
1,100live here− 500head out to work+ 760come in to work= 1,400on a workday

About 1,400 people are in Dilworthtown on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.51jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Dilworthtown’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

WilmingtonWest Chester: 12 workers live here (2%)Philadelphia: 39 workers live here (5%)Concord: 18 workers live here (2%)Chadds FordBirmingham: 41 workers live here (5%)East Goshen: 15 workers live here (2%)East WhitelandUpper Chichester: 12 workers live here (2%)ThornburyThornburyUpper Darby: 16 workers live here (2%)West Whiteland: 15 workers live here (2%)Westtown: 14 workers live here (2%)East MarlboroughUpper MerionTredyffrinWest Goshen: 17 workers live here (2%)DilworthtownBirminghamPhiladelphiaConcordWest GoshenUpper DarbyEast GoshenDilworthtown
1
Birmingham1.6 mi away
5%41
2
Philadelphia24.4 mi away
5%39
3
Concord3.7 mi away
2%18
4
West Goshen5.2 mi away
2%17
5
Upper Darby15.3 mi away
2%16
6
East Goshen6.6 mi away
2%15
7
West Whiteland8.9 mi away
2%15
8
Westtown2.8 mi away
2%14
9
West Chester4.4 mi away
2%12
102%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
74%572
The top trips

Where Dilworthtown clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Dilworthtown commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi30 miPhiladelphia: 8% · 24.4 miUpper Merion: 4% · 16.4 miTredyffrin: 4% · 13.1 miWilmington: 4% · 11.7 miBirmingham: 4% · 1.6 miConcord: 3% · 3.7 miWest Goshen: 3% · 5.2 miWesttown: 2% · 2.8 miEast Marlborough: 2% · 8.1 miEast Whiteland: 2% · 10.1 miPhiladelphia 8%Upper Merion 4%Tredyffrin 4%Wilmington 4%Birmingham 4%Dilworthtown
DilworthtownTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi139 residents
49%10–24 mi219 residents
11%25–50 mi50 residents
10%Over 50 mi43 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 771 jobs in Dilworthtown are

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

Jobs based in DilworthtownJobs Dilworthtown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%10%
Trade, transport & utilities53%18%
Services: health, schools, offices42%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%13%
Over $3,333 a month44%74%

Who does it

29 or younger40%15%
30 to 5440%53%
55 and older21%32%
+1%

Jobs based in Dilworthtown, 2013 → 2023: 763 → 771. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Dilworthtown and the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Birmingham (4%). Darker towns draw more of Dilworthtown’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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