Work & commute · Lower Moreland

Work & commute in Lower Moreland, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Moreland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (32%), Abington (3%) and Lower Southampton (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

390 of 6,646 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,256 Lower Moreland residents head out of town to work, 390 work right here, and 4,893 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Moreland.

6,256live here, work elsewhere

390live and work here

4,893work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Moreland goes to work

Philadelphia8.3 mi away

32%2,141

Lower Moreland (in town)right here

6%390

Abington2.1 mi away

3%221

Lower Southampton5.1 mi away

3%198

Bensalem7 mi away

3%195

Upper Southampton4.3 mi away

3%176

Horsham7.3 mi away

2%138

Upper Moreland3 mi away

2%133

Upper Merion16.3 mi away

2%109

Upper Dublin5.9 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,846

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

How far

How far Lower Moreland commutes

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

48%

38%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Moreland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Moreland are

5,283 jobs are based in Lower Moreland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Moreland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Moreland

5,283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Lower Moreland residents hold

6,646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

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Jobs based in Lower Moreland, 2013 → 2023: 5,304 → 5,283. 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.