Work & commute · Phoenixville

Work & commute in Phoenixville, PA

Most working residents leave Phoenixville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tredyffrin (8%), Philadelphia (8%) and Upper Merion (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

572 of 9,557 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,985 Phoenixville residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 4,648 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phoenixville.

8,985live here, work elsewhere

572live and work here

4,648work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phoenixville goes to work

Tredyffrin6.4 mi away

8%811

Philadelphia22.8 mi away

8%758

Upper Merion8.6 mi away

6%585

Phoenixville (in town)right here

6%572

East Whiteland6.2 mi away

4%367

Upper Providence3.2 mi away

4%346

West Goshen11.7 mi away

2%222

Uwchlan9.3 mi away

2%184

Schuylkill3 mi away

2%169

Radnor11.4 mi away

2%165

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%5,378

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

How far

How far Phoenixville commutes

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

47%

39%

47%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phoenixville is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phoenixville are

5,220 jobs are based in Phoenixville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Phoenixville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Phoenixville

5,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Phoenixville residents hold

9,557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−4%

Jobs based in Phoenixville, 2013 → 2023: 5,435 → 5,220. 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.