Every workday, about 13,000 people come to Fort Washington for work
Most working residents leave Fort Washington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (24%), Upper Dublin (7%) and Horsham (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
What kind of work town is Fort Washington?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Fort Washington’s population more than doubles on a workday
On a workday 2,776 residents head out to work, 108 work right here, and 13,165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Fort Washington on a workday afternoon, 166% more than live here.
4.6 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.
About 25 minutes each way, about the PA average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fort Washington workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Where Fort Washington’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Fort Washington clocks in
24% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
13,273 jobs are based in Fort Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Washington, 2013 → 2023: 12,155 → 13,273. 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.
Half of Fort Washington commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
10% of Fort Washington works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Upper Dublin (7%). Darker towns draw more of Fort Washington’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
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.
More of Fort Washington
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Washington, from the people who make the trip.
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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.