Work & commute · Marple

Work & commute in Marple, PA

Most working residents leave Marple for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Newtown (5%) and Lower Merion (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

795 of 11,288 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,493 Marple residents head out of town to work, 795 work right here, and 9,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marple.

10,493live here, work elsewhere

795live and work here

9,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marple goes to work

Philadelphia12.6 mi away

19%2,161

Marple (in town)right here

7%795

Newtown3.1 mi away

5%597

Lower Merion6.3 mi away

5%578

Upper Merion8.6 mi away

4%410

Tredyffrin8.4 mi away

4%398

Radnor4 mi away

3%381

Upper Darby4.1 mi away

3%328

Haverford2.9 mi away

3%319

Media3.4 mi away

2%193

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%5,128

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

How far

How far Marple commutes

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

60%

30%

60%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marple is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marple are

10,025 jobs are based in Marple. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marple’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marple

10,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Marple residents hold

11,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−5%

Jobs based in Marple, 2013 → 2023: 10,501 → 10,025. 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.