Work & commute · Lansdale

Work & commute in Lansdale, PA

Most working residents leave Lansdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Hatfield (6%) and Upper Gwynedd (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

530 of 9,476 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,946 Lansdale residents head out of town to work, 530 work right here, and 6,097 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansdale.

8,946live here, work elsewhere

530live and work here

6,097work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansdale goes to work

Philadelphia17.9 mi away

9%882

Hatfield2.5 mi away

6%571

Lansdale (in town)right here

6%530

Upper Gwynedd2.4 mi away

6%530

Montgomery2.5 mi away

5%450

Horsham6.7 mi away

3%314

Towamencin3 mi away

3%301

Whitpain5.9 mi away

2%220

Upper Merion11.7 mi away

2%198

Upper Dublin8.2 mi away

2%185

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%5,295

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

How far

How far Lansdale commutes

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

52%

34%

52%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansdale is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansdale are

6,627 jobs are based in Lansdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansdale

6,627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lansdale residents hold

9,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+11%

Jobs based in Lansdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,997 → 6,627. 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.