Work & commute · Sharon Hill

Work & commute in Sharon Hill, PA

Most working residents leave Sharon Hill for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (33%), Lower Merion (3%) and Upper Darby (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 2,558 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,487 Sharon Hill residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 2,181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sharon Hill.

2,487live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

2,181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sharon Hill goes to work

Philadelphia10 mi away

33%837

Lower Merion8.4 mi away

3%89

Sharon Hill (in town)right here

3%71

Upper Darby3.1 mi away

3%70

Chester7 mi away

2%48

Tredyffrin14.7 mi away

2%47

Marple6.5 mi away

2%45

Upper Merion13.9 mi away

2%44

Newtown9.6 mi away

2%40

Ridley3.3 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,228

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

How far

How far Sharon Hill commutes

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

64%

23%

64%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sharon Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sharon Hill are

2,252 jobs are based in Sharon Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharon Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sharon Hill

2,252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sharon Hill residents hold

2,558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Sharon Hill, 2013 → 2023: 2,331 → 2,252. 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.