Work & commute · East Brandywine

Work & commute in East Brandywine, PA

Most working residents leave East Brandywine for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Tredyffrin (7%) and Uwchlan (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

166 of 4,565 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,399 East Brandywine residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Brandywine.

4,399live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Brandywine goes to work

Philadelphia32.9 mi away

8%379

Tredyffrin16.3 mi away

7%314

Uwchlan4.7 mi away

6%277

West Goshen9.3 mi away

5%229

Upper Merion20.1 mi away

4%173

West Whiteland7.3 mi away

4%167

East Brandywine (in town)right here

4%166

Downingtown3.2 mi away

4%163

East Whiteland10.7 mi away

3%153

West Chester9.3 mi away

2%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,449

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

How far

How far East Brandywine commutes

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

31%

40%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Brandywine is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Brandywine are

1,021 jobs are based in East Brandywine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Brandywine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Brandywine

1,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs East Brandywine residents hold

4,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+23%

Jobs based in East Brandywine, 2013 → 2023: 832 → 1,021. 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.