Work & commute · Pennsbury

Work & commute in Pennsbury, PA

Most working residents leave Pennsbury for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Wilmington (6%) and Upper Merion (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 1,660 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,582 Pennsbury residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,046 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennsbury.

1,582live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,046work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennsbury goes to work

Philadelphia28 mi away

9%151

Wilmington, DE10.2 mi away

6%100

Pennsbury (in town)right here

5%78

Upper Merion20.3 mi away

4%59

Concord6.2 mi away

3%57

Tredyffrin16.9 mi away

3%42

Kennett3.4 mi away

2%35

Chadds Ford3.1 mi away

2%30

West Goshen7.8 mi away

2%30

East Whiteland13.2 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,049

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

How far

How far Pennsbury commutes

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

29%

41%

18%

12%

29%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennsbury is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennsbury are

1,124 jobs are based in Pennsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pennsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pennsbury

1,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Pennsbury residents hold

1,660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+14%

Jobs based in Pennsbury, 2013 → 2023: 983 → 1,124. 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.