Work & commute · Lower Providence

Work & commute in Lower Providence, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Providence for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Upper Merion (7%) and Tredyffrin (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

850 of 11,542 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,692 Lower Providence residents head out of town to work, 850 work right here, and 9,500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Providence.

10,692live here, work elsewhere

850live and work here

9,500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Providence goes to work

Philadelphia17.8 mi away

8%907

Lower Providence (in town)right here

7%850

Upper Merion4.5 mi away

7%834

Tredyffrin5.9 mi away

6%652

Upper Providence3.9 mi away

4%478

Plymouth6.8 mi away

3%350

Lower Merion11 mi away

3%299

Whitpain7.3 mi away

2%272

West Norriton2.4 mi away

2%263

Upper Gwynedd7.9 mi away

2%250

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%6,387

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

How far

How far Lower Providence commutes

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

54%

31%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Providence is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Providence are

10,350 jobs are based in Lower Providence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Providence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Providence

10,350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Lower Providence residents hold

11,542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−3%

Jobs based in Lower Providence, 2013 → 2023: 10,644 → 10,350. 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.