Work & commute · Franconia

Work & commute in Franconia, PA

Most working residents leave Franconia for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Hatfield (5%) and Lower Salford (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

578 of 6,780 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,202 Franconia residents head out of town to work, 578 work right here, and 6,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franconia.

6,202live here, work elsewhere

578live and work here

6,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franconia goes to work

Franconia (in town)right here

9%578

Philadelphia23.6 mi away

8%573

Hatfield4.1 mi away

5%365

Lower Salford3.4 mi away

4%301

Upper Gwynedd7.6 mi away

4%273

Souderton2 mi away

3%210

West Rockhill4.3 mi away

3%207

Towamencin4.4 mi away

2%163

Hilltown6.2 mi away

2%147

Upper Merion14.9 mi away

2%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%3,825

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

How far

How far Franconia commutes

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

46%

35%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franconia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franconia are

6,920 jobs are based in Franconia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franconia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Franconia

6,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Franconia residents hold

6,780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+3%

Jobs based in Franconia, 2013 → 2023: 6,705 → 6,920. 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.