99% of Mont Clare’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Mont Clare for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Upper Providence Township (9%) and Upper Merion Township (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
What stands out about work in Mont Clare
A lot of Mont Clare works from home
37% of Mont Clare workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mont Clare than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mont Clare fell from 1,568 in 2013 to 775 in 2023, −51%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
57% of the jobs in Mont Clare are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 825 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mont Clare workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
77% of the jobs in Mont Clare pay over $3,333 a month
775 jobs are based in Mont Clare. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mont Clare’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mont Clare, 2013 → 2023: 1,568 → 775. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 820 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 770 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Philadelphia
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mont Clare clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Mont Clare commutes less than 11 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mont Clare and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Mont Clare’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Mont Clare
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mont Clare, from the people who make the trip.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.