Work & commute · Norristown

Work & commute in Norristown, PA

Most working residents leave Norristown for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (15%), Upper Merion (8%) and East Norriton (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

867 of 13,948 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,081 Norristown residents head out of town to work, 867 work right here, and 7,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norristown.

13,081live here, work elsewhere

867live and work here

7,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norristown goes to work

Philadelphia13.4 mi away

15%2,094

Upper Merion3.1 mi away

8%1,102

Norristown (in town)right here

6%867

East Norriton2.1 mi away

4%574

Plymouth2.4 mi away

4%535

West Norriton2.1 mi away

3%428

Lower Providence4.4 mi away

3%382

Tredyffrin6.9 mi away

2%346

Whitpain4 mi away

2%315

Upper Providence8.4 mi away

2%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%7,028

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

How far

How far Norristown commutes

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

49%

36%

49%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norristown is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Norristown are

8,306 jobs are based in Norristown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norristown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norristown

8,306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Norristown residents hold

13,948 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−13%

Jobs based in Norristown, 2013 → 2023: 9,506 → 8,306. 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.