Work & commute · Lower Frederick

Work & commute in Lower Frederick, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Frederick for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Upper Merion (4%) and Upper Gwynedd (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 2,455 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,381 Lower Frederick residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Frederick.

2,381live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Frederick goes to work

Philadelphia26.6 mi away

7%160

Upper Merion14.5 mi away

4%88

Upper Gwynedd11.7 mi away

3%77

Lower Frederick (in town)right here

3%74

Limerick4.2 mi away

3%74

Upper Providence8 mi away

3%73

Skippack5.8 mi away

3%68

Tredyffrin15 mi away

3%67

Lower Salford5 mi away

3%65

Perkiomen3.7 mi away

3%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%1,645

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

How far

How far Lower Frederick commutes

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

34%

46%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Frederick is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Frederick are

842 jobs are based in Lower Frederick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Frederick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Frederick

842 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lower Frederick residents hold

2,455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+78%

Jobs based in Lower Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 842. 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.