Work & commute · New Hanover

Work & commute in New Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave New Hanover for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Upper Merion (4%) and Limerick (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

244 of 6,523 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 6,279 New Hanover residents head out of town to work, 244 work right here, and 1,170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hanover.

6,279live here, work elsewhere

244live and work here

1,170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hanover goes to work

Philadelphia30.9 mi away

6%413

Upper Merion18.2 mi away

4%279

Limerick5.8 mi away

4%255

New Hanover (in town)right here

4%244

Tredyffrin18 mi away

3%224

Upper Providence10.9 mi away

3%203

Pottstown6.1 mi away

3%165

Upper Gwynedd16.2 mi away

2%163

Plymouth19.7 mi away

2%132

Douglass2.6 mi away

2%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%4,327

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

How far

How far New Hanover commutes

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

26%

51%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hanover is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hanover are

1,414 jobs are based in New Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hanover

1,414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs New Hanover residents hold

6,523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+27%

Jobs based in New Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 1,114 → 1,414. 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.