Work & commute · Ridley

Work & commute in Ridley, PA

Most working residents leave Ridley for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (22%), Upper Darby (3%) and Lower Merion (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
1,125 of 15,469 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 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 14,344 Ridley residents head out of town to work, 1,125 work right here, and 9,529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridley.

14,344live here, work elsewhere
1,125live and work here
9,529work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ridley goes to work

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1
Philadelphia13.2 mi away
22%3,380
2
Ridley (in town)right here
7%1,125
3
Upper Darby4.7 mi away
3%452
4
Lower Merion10.1 mi away
3%451
5
Springfield2.9 mi away
3%439
6
Media4 mi away
2%345
7
Upper Merion14.3 mi away
2%325
8
Marple5.8 mi away
2%305
9
Middletown5.8 mi away
2%298
10
Chester3.8 mi away
2%294
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%8,055

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

How far

How far Ridley commutes

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

60%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ridley is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridley are

10,654 jobs are based in Ridley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridley

10,654 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Ridley residents hold

15,469 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−9%

Jobs based in Ridley, 2013 → 2023: 11,763 → 10,654. 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.

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