Work & commute · Lower Salford

Work & commute in Lower Salford, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Salford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Upper Gwynedd (5%) and Franconia (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

591 of 7,805 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,214 Lower Salford residents head out of town to work, 591 work right here, and 5,880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Salford.

7,214live here, work elsewhere

591live and work here

5,880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Salford goes to work

Philadelphia22.4 mi away

8%652

Lower Salford (in town)right here

8%591

Upper Gwynedd6.8 mi away

5%408

Franconia3.4 mi away

5%361

Hatfield5.7 mi away

4%292

Upper Merion12 mi away

3%241

Towamencin3.4 mi away

3%196

Horsham12.9 mi away

2%174

Tredyffrin13.8 mi away

2%167

Whitpain9.6 mi away

2%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,557

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

How far

How far Lower Salford commutes

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

43%

41%

43%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Salford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Salford are

6,471 jobs are based in Lower Salford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Salford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Salford

6,471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Lower Salford residents hold

7,805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

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Jobs based in Lower Salford, 2013 → 2023: 6,453 → 6,471. 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.