Work & commute · Parkside

Work & commute in Parkside, PA

Most working residents leave Parkside for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Aston (4%) and Middletown (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 1,098 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,075 Parkside residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkside.

1,075live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkside goes to work

Philadelphia16.3 mi away

19%211

Aston3.1 mi away

4%49

Middletown4.1 mi away

3%32

Chester1.5 mi away

3%29

Media3.7 mi away

2%25

Marple6.8 mi away

2%25

Lower Merion12.3 mi away

2%24

Parkside (in town)right here

2%23

Brookhaven0.7 mi away

2%22

Concord7.1 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%636

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

How far

How far Parkside commutes

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

46%

41%

46%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkside is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkside are

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

Jobs based in Parkside

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Parkside residents hold

1,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+24%

Jobs based in Parkside, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 157. 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.