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Work & commute in Rosemont · A job hub

Every workday, about 2,000 people come to Rosemont for work

Most working residents leave Rosemont for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (27%), Lower Merion (9%) and Radnor (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Work in town
2%
18 of 1,141 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
24 min
Less than PA (26 min)
Work from home
23%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
1,972
A job hub

What kind of work town is Rosemont?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

Where Rosemont’s workers come from

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

New YorkPhiladelphia: 483 workers live here (24%)Abington: 27 workers live here (1%)Haverford: 124 workers live here (6%)Lower Merion: 163 workers live here (8%)PlymouthEast WhitelandUpper Darby: 95 workers live here (5%)Radnor: 83 workers live here (4%)Ridley: 19 workers live here (1%)Marple: 25 workers live here (1%)Upper Merion: 30 workers live here (2%)Upper DublinTredyffrin: 39 workers live here (2%)RosemontBryn MawrVillanovaPhiladelphiaLower MerionHaverfordUpper DarbyRadnorTredyffrinRosemont
1
Philadelphia10.4 mi away
24%483
2
Lower Merion2.5 mi away
8%163
3
Haverford3.1 mi away
6%124
4
Upper Darby6 mi away
5%95
5
Radnor2.5 mi away
4%83
6
Tredyffrin7 mi away
2%39
7
Upper Merion5 mi away
2%30
8
Abington12.6 mi away
1%27
9
Marple4.9 mi away
1%25
10
Ridley9.9 mi away
1%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%884
The top trips

Where Rosemont clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
185 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Rosemont24 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Rosemont workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Rosemont fills up on a workday

On a workday 1,123 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 1,954 people come in from elsewhere.

1,123live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
1,954work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,400
Workday4,300
3,400live here− 1,100head out to work+ 2,000come in to work= 4,300on a workday

About 4,300 people are in Rosemont on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.73jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Rosemont commutes less than 10 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhiladelphia: 27% · 10.4 miLower Merion: 9% · 2.5 miRadnor: 6% · 2.5 miUpper Merion: 5% · 5 miTredyffrin: 3% · 7 miPlymouth: 1% · 5.9 miUpper Dublin: 1% · 11.5 miEast Whiteland: 1% · 12 miHaverford: 1% · 3.1 miNew York: 1% · 85.2 miPhiladelphia 27%Lower Merion 9%Radnor 6%Upper Merion 5%Tredyffrin 3%Rosemont
RosemontTop destinations (size = commuters)
53%Under 10 mi600 residents
29%10–24 mi321 residents
6%25–50 mi66 residents
12%Over 50 mi135 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

1,972 jobs are based in Rosemont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rosemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in RosemontJobs Rosemont residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%7%
Trade, transport & utilities8%16%
Services: health, schools, offices89%77%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%13%
Over $3,333 a month66%74%

Who does it

29 or younger17%20%
30 to 5448%51%
55 and older35%29%
+8%

Jobs based in Rosemont, 2013 → 2023: 1,827 → 1,972. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Rosemont and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Rosemont’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Villanova22 min
Rosemont24 min
Bryn Mawr25 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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