Work & commute · Jenkintown

Work & commute in Jenkintown, PA

Most working residents leave Jenkintown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (34%), Abington (6%) and Upper Merion (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,188 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,064 Jenkintown residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 7,625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jenkintown.

2,064live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

7,625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jenkintown goes to work

Philadelphia6 mi away

34%733

Abington1.4 mi away

6%142

Jenkintown (in town)right here

6%124

Upper Merion13.3 mi away

3%57

Cheltenham1.3 mi away

2%53

Upper Dublin4.7 mi away

2%50

Horsham7.4 mi away

2%46

Lower Merion9.2 mi away

2%45

Bensalem9.8 mi away

2%35

Plymouth8.9 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%869

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

How far

How far Jenkintown commutes

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

53%

36%

53%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jenkintown is a job hub

3.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jenkintown are

7,749 jobs are based in Jenkintown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jenkintown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jenkintown

7,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Jenkintown residents hold

2,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+64%

Jobs based in Jenkintown, 2013 → 2023: 4,719 → 7,749. 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.