Work & commute · Perkiomen

Work & commute in Perkiomen, PA

Most working residents leave Perkiomen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Merion (7%), Philadelphia (6%) and Tredyffrin (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

195 of 4,768 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,573 Perkiomen residents head out of town to work, 195 work right here, and 1,940 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perkiomen.

4,573live here, work elsewhere

195live and work here

1,940work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perkiomen goes to work

Upper Merion10.8 mi away

7%310

Philadelphia23.3 mi away

6%282

Tredyffrin11.4 mi away

5%243

Upper Providence4.6 mi away

5%240

Perkiomen (in town)right here

4%195

Upper Gwynedd9.4 mi away

3%162

Limerick3.6 mi away

3%144

Skippack2.6 mi away

3%126

Lower Providence6.3 mi away

2%117

Plymouth12.1 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,837

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

How far

How far Perkiomen commutes

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

39%

45%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perkiomen is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perkiomen are

2,135 jobs are based in Perkiomen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Perkiomen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Perkiomen

2,135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Perkiomen residents hold

4,768 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+78%

Jobs based in Perkiomen, 2013 → 2023: 1,198 → 2,135. 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.