Work & commute · North Wales

Work & commute in North Wales, PA

Most working residents leave North Wales for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Upper Gwynedd (6%) and Horsham (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,784 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,713 North Wales residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Wales.

1,713live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Wales goes to work

Philadelphia15.8 mi away

9%161

Upper Gwynedd0.8 mi away

6%115

North Wales (in town)right here

4%71

Horsham5.8 mi away

4%64

Montgomery3.1 mi away

4%64

Upper Merion10.1 mi away

3%61

Whitpain3.8 mi away

3%55

Hatfield4.6 mi away

3%54

Lansdale2.1 mi away

3%53

Lower Gwynedd2.5 mi away

2%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,048

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

How far

How far North Wales commutes

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

54%

32%

54%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Wales is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Wales are

710 jobs are based in North Wales. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Wales’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Wales

710 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs North Wales residents hold

1,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+18%

Jobs based in North Wales, 2013 → 2023: 601 → 710. 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.