Work & commute · Lower Oxford

Work & commute in Lower Oxford, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Oxford for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), East Nottingham (5%) and Penn (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 1,967 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,864 Lower Oxford residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 1,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Oxford.

1,864live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

1,463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Oxford goes to work

Philadelphia47.3 mi away

6%125

Lower Oxford (in town)right here

5%103

East Nottingham3.2 mi away

5%93

Penn6 mi away

4%69

Oxford1.4 mi away

3%68

New Garden12.1 mi away

3%66

West Goshen23.7 mi away

2%36

Kennett16.2 mi away

2%34

London Grove9.2 mi away

2%33

Kennett Square14.8 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%1,308

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

How far

How far Lower Oxford commutes

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

27%

30%

17%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Oxford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Oxford are

1,566 jobs are based in Lower Oxford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Oxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Oxford

1,566 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Lower Oxford residents hold

1,967 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+52%

Jobs based in Lower Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 1,032 → 1,566. 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.