Work & commute · Kennett Square

Work & commute in Kennett Square, PA

Most working residents leave Kennett Square for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Kennett (12%), New Garden (9%) and Philadelphia (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

235 of 2,924 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,689 Kennett Square residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 2,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennett Square.

2,689live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

2,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennett Square goes to work

Kennett1.6 mi away

12%354

New Garden3.2 mi away

9%259

Kennett Square (in town)right here

8%235

Philadelphia32.7 mi away

4%115

East Marlborough2.3 mi away

3%99

West Goshen10.9 mi away

3%86

Wilmington, DE12.1 mi away

2%64

West Chester9.8 mi away

1%40

Tredyffrin20.7 mi away

1%38

London Grove5.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,597

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

How far

How far Kennett Square commutes

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

46%

29%

15%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennett Square is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennett Square are

2,783 jobs are based in Kennett Square. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennett Square’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kennett Square

2,783 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Kennett Square residents hold

2,924 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−21%

Jobs based in Kennett Square, 2013 → 2023: 3,522 → 2,783. 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.