Work & commute · East Caln

Work & commute in East Caln, PA

Most working residents leave East Caln for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Tredyffrin (7%) and West Goshen (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 2,558 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,445 East Caln residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 5,553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Caln.

2,445live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

5,553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Caln goes to work

Philadelphia28.8 mi away

9%218

Tredyffrin12.6 mi away

7%187

West Goshen5 mi away

5%129

West Whiteland3.3 mi away

5%126

Uwchlan2.8 mi away

5%126

East Caln (in town)right here

4%113

East Whiteland6.9 mi away

4%104

Upper Merion16.5 mi away

4%92

Downingtown1.4 mi away

2%61

West Chester5.2 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,351

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

How far

How far East Caln commutes

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

41%

33%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Caln is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Caln are

5,666 jobs are based in East Caln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Caln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Caln

5,666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs East Caln residents hold

2,558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+13%

Jobs based in East Caln, 2013 → 2023: 5,017 → 5,666. 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.