Work & commute · Media

Work & commute in Media, PA

Most working residents leave Media for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (22%), Tredyffrin (3%) and Middletown (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

266 of 2,998 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,732 Media residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 10,312 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Media.

2,732live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

10,312work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Media goes to work

Philadelphia14.8 mi away

22%667

Media (in town)right here

9%266

Tredyffrin10.7 mi away

3%95

Middletown2.3 mi away

3%92

Lower Merion9.5 mi away

3%82

Upper Merion11.7 mi away

2%65

Ridley4 mi away

2%61

West Goshen11.6 mi away

2%58

East Whiteland12.4 mi away

2%57

Newtown5.1 mi away

2%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,499

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

How far

How far Media commutes

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

44%

44%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Media is a job hub

3.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Media are

10,578 jobs are based in Media. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Media’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Media

10,578 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Media residents hold

2,998 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+55%

Jobs based in Media, 2013 → 2023: 6,816 → 10,578. 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.