Work & commute · Pennsburg

Work & commute in Pennsburg, PA

Most working residents leave Pennsburg for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Upper Hanover (5%) and Milford (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 1,803 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,702 Pennsburg residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennsburg.

1,702live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

1,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennsburg goes to work

Philadelphia32.7 mi away

9%168

Pennsburg (in town)right here

6%101

Upper Hanover0.8 mi away

5%90

Milford5 mi away

3%57

Franconia9.5 mi away

3%52

Hatfield13.5 mi away

2%45

Upper Gwynedd16.9 mi away

2%39

Richland9.1 mi away

2%35

Horsham22 mi away

2%34

Montgomery17.3 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%1,148

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

How far

How far Pennsburg commutes

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

28%

44%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennsburg is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennsburg are

1,335 jobs are based in Pennsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pennsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pennsburg

1,335 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Pennsburg residents hold

1,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+32%

Jobs based in Pennsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,015 → 1,335. 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.