Work & commute · Rose Valley

Work & commute in Rose Valley, PA

Most working residents leave Rose Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (22%), Media (4%) and Nether Providence (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 436 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 433 Rose Valley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rose Valley.

433live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rose Valley goes to work

Philadelphia15.5 mi away

22%98

Media1.8 mi away

4%17

Nether Providence1.1 mi away

3%15

Lower Merion10.8 mi away

3%12

Upper Providence2.9 mi away

3%12

Tredyffrin12.4 mi away

3%11

Newtown6.8 mi away

2%8

Aston3.1 mi away

2%8

Upper Chichester4.6 mi away

2%8

Radnor8.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%239

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

How far

How far Rose Valley commutes

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

40%

47%

40%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rose Valley is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rose Valley are

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

Jobs based in Rose Valley

136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Rose Valley residents hold

436 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+139%

Jobs based in Rose Valley, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 136. 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.