Work & commute · Edgmont

Work & commute in Edgmont, PA

Most working residents leave Edgmont for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (16%), Newtown (5%) and Lower Merion (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

62 of 1,886 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,824 Edgmont residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 1,940 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgmont.

1,824live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

1,940work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgmont goes to work

Philadelphia17.9 mi away

16%309

Newtown4 mi away

5%85

Lower Merion11.2 mi away

4%84

Tredyffrin8.2 mi away

3%66

Edgmont (in town)right here

3%62

Radnor6.9 mi away

3%57

Upper Merion10.6 mi away

3%53

Media4.5 mi away

2%42

Upper Darby9.2 mi away

2%38

Concord5.7 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,056

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

How far

How far Edgmont commutes

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

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgmont is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgmont are

2,002 jobs are based in Edgmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Edgmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Edgmont

2,002 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Edgmont residents hold

1,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+40%

Jobs based in Edgmont, 2013 → 2023: 1,435 → 2,002. 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.