Work & commute · Plumstead

Work & commute in Plumstead, PA

Most working residents leave Plumstead for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Doylestown (7%) and Doylestown (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

574 of 7,036 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,462 Plumstead residents head out of town to work, 574 work right here, and 5,725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plumstead.

6,462live here, work elsewhere

574live and work here

5,725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plumstead goes to work

Plumstead (in town)right here

8%574

Philadelphia25.9 mi away

7%481

Doylestown6.1 mi away

7%474

Doylestown4.8 mi away

6%395

Buckingham5.4 mi away

3%215

Horsham13 mi away

3%213

Warrington9.6 mi away

2%140

Upper Gwynedd15.2 mi away

2%127

Warminster12.6 mi away

2%118

Newtown13.4 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%4,191

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

How far

How far Plumstead commutes

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

35%

41%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plumstead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plumstead are

6,299 jobs are based in Plumstead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plumstead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plumstead

6,299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Plumstead residents hold

7,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+28%

Jobs based in Plumstead, 2013 → 2023: 4,913 → 6,299. 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.