Work & commute · Downingtown

Work & commute in Downingtown, PA

Most working residents leave Downingtown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), West Whiteland (6%) and West Goshen (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 4,460 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,190 Downingtown residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 4,599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Downingtown.

4,190live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

4,599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Downingtown goes to work

Philadelphia30.1 mi away

7%319

West Whiteland4.7 mi away

6%276

Downingtown (in town)right here

6%270

West Goshen6.1 mi away

5%242

Tredyffrin13.9 mi away

5%241

Uwchlan3.5 mi away

5%239

East Caln1.4 mi away

4%168

East Whiteland8.3 mi away

4%159

Upper Merion17.9 mi away

3%153

West Chester6.1 mi away

3%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,251

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

How far

How far Downingtown commutes

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

45%

33%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Downingtown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Downingtown are

4,869 jobs are based in Downingtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Downingtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Downingtown

4,869 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Downingtown residents hold

4,460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−16%

Jobs based in Downingtown, 2013 → 2023: 5,783 → 4,869. 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.