Work & commute · Lansdowne

Work & commute in Lansdowne, PA

Most working residents leave Lansdowne for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (39%), Lower Merion (5%) and Upper Darby (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 4,971 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,869 Lansdowne residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,690 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansdowne.

4,869live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,690work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansdowne goes to work

Philadelphia8.9 mi away

39%1,927

Lower Merion6.1 mi away

5%225

Upper Darby0.9 mi away

3%158

Lansdowne (in town)right here

2%102

Upper Merion11.7 mi away

2%94

Newtown8 mi away

2%92

Haverford3.8 mi away

2%91

Tredyffrin12.7 mi away

2%87

Radnor7.7 mi away

2%79

Springfield3.3 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,045

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

How far

How far Lansdowne commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansdowne is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansdowne are

1,792 jobs are based in Lansdowne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lansdowne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lansdowne

1,792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lansdowne residents hold

4,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+5%

Jobs based in Lansdowne, 2013 → 2023: 1,711 → 1,792. 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.