Work & commute · Rockledge

Work & commute in Rockledge, PA

Most working residents leave Rockledge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (36%), Abington (9%) and Upper Moreland (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,387 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,346 Rockledge residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockledge.

1,346live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockledge goes to work

Philadelphia5.5 mi away

36%497

Abington2.5 mi away

9%130

Rockledge (in town)right here

3%41

Upper Moreland5.2 mi away

3%41

Bensalem7.9 mi away

3%39

Horsham9 mi away

2%29

Upper Merion15.4 mi away

2%28

Upper Dublin6.8 mi away

2%24

Cheltenham2.6 mi away

1%18

Lower Merion10.7 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%522

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

How far

How far Rockledge commutes

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

62%

28%

62%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockledge is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockledge are

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

Jobs based in Rockledge

392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Rockledge residents hold

1,387 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−14%

Jobs based in Rockledge, 2013 → 2023: 455 → 392. 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.