Work & commute · Middletown

Work & commute in Middletown, PA

Most working residents leave Middletown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Media (3%) and Upper Merion (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

443 of 7,048 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 6,605 Middletown residents head out of town to work, 443 work right here, and 8,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middletown.

6,605live here, work elsewhere

443live and work here

8,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middletown goes to work

Philadelphia17.1 mi away

19%1,353

Middletown (in town)right here

6%443

Media2.3 mi away

3%234

Upper Merion12.6 mi away

3%220

Lower Merion11.4 mi away

3%207

Tredyffrin10.8 mi away

3%184

Concord5 mi away

2%150

Radnor8.2 mi away

2%150

Aston2.7 mi away

2%141

Newtown5.6 mi away

2%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,832

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

How far

How far Middletown commutes

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

40%

46%

40%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middletown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middletown are

8,515 jobs are based in Middletown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middletown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middletown

8,515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Middletown residents hold

7,048 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−34%

Jobs based in Middletown, 2013 → 2023: 12,954 → 8,515. 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.