Work & commute · Lower Gwynedd

Work & commute in Lower Gwynedd, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Gwynedd for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (12%), Whitpain (5%) and Horsham (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

280 of 4,579 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,299 Lower Gwynedd residents head out of town to work, 280 work right here, and 6,628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Gwynedd.

4,299live here, work elsewhere

280live and work here

6,628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Gwynedd goes to work

Philadelphia13.6 mi away

12%533

Lower Gwynedd (in town)right here

6%280

Whitpain3.1 mi away

5%207

Horsham3.9 mi away

4%180

Upper Merion10.2 mi away

3%156

Upper Gwynedd3 mi away

3%153

Montgomery3.8 mi away

3%147

Tredyffrin14 mi away

3%133

Upper Dublin4 mi away

3%121

Plymouth6.1 mi away

2%102

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,567

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

How far

How far Lower Gwynedd commutes

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

48%

34%

48%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Gwynedd is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Gwynedd are

6,908 jobs are based in Lower Gwynedd. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Gwynedd’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Gwynedd

6,908 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lower Gwynedd residents hold

4,579 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−2%

Jobs based in Lower Gwynedd, 2013 → 2023: 7,023 → 6,908. 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.