Work & commute · Malvern

Work & commute in Malvern, PA

Most working residents leave Malvern for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (12%), Tredyffrin (10%) and East Whiteland (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,696 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,613 Malvern residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malvern.

1,613live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

1,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malvern goes to work

Philadelphia20.3 mi away

12%197

Tredyffrin4.2 mi away

10%178

East Whiteland2.3 mi away

6%100

Upper Merion8.1 mi away

5%88

Malvern (in town)right here

5%83

West Goshen5.9 mi away

4%66

Willistown2.4 mi away

3%46

Radnor7.5 mi away

2%40

Lower Merion12.5 mi away

2%39

West Whiteland5.4 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%823

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

How far

How far Malvern commutes

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

49%

36%

49%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malvern is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Malvern are

1,924 jobs are based in Malvern. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Malvern’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Malvern

1,924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Malvern residents hold

1,696 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+15%

Jobs based in Malvern, 2013 → 2023: 1,673 → 1,924. 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.