Work & commute · Green Lane

Work & commute in Green Lane, PA

Most working residents leave Green Lane for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Franconia (4%) and Lower Salford (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 290 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 286 Green Lane residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Lane.

286live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Lane goes to work

Philadelphia28.8 mi away

9%25

Franconia6.4 mi away

4%13

Lower Salford6.5 mi away

4%12

Marlborough2 mi away

4%12

Hatfield10.4 mi away

3%10

West Rockhill6.9 mi away

3%10

Skippack8.8 mi away

3%8

Upper Hanover4.1 mi away

2%7

Upper Gwynedd13.1 mi away

2%7

Towamencin9.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%179

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

How far

How far Green Lane commutes

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

42%

38%

14%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Lane is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Lane are

232 jobs are based in Green Lane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Lane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Lane

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Green Lane residents hold

290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+43%

Jobs based in Green Lane, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 232. 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.