Work & commute · Ridley Park

Work & commute in Ridley Park, PA

Most working residents leave Ridley Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (21%), Ridley (7%) and Upper Merion (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

107 of 3,755 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,648 Ridley Park residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 778 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridley Park.

3,648live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

778work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridley Park goes to work

Philadelphia13.6 mi away

21%797

Ridley0.7 mi away

7%259

Ridley Park (in town)right here

3%107

Upper Merion14.9 mi away

3%104

Lower Merion10.7 mi away

3%96

Upper Darby5.3 mi away

2%91

Springfield3.6 mi away

2%87

Chester3.3 mi away

2%78

Media4.4 mi away

2%67

Eddystone1.7 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,005

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

How far

How far Ridley Park commutes

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

58%

31%

58%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridley Park is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridley Park are

885 jobs are based in Ridley Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridley Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridley Park

885 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ridley Park residents hold

3,755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−24%

Jobs based in Ridley Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,158 → 885. 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.