Work & commute · Skippack

Work & commute in Skippack, PA

Most working residents leave Skippack for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Upper Merion (4%) and Upper Gwynedd (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

262 of 5,721 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,459 Skippack residents head out of town to work, 262 work right here, and 7,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Skippack.

5,459live here, work elsewhere

262live and work here

7,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Skippack goes to work

Philadelphia20.8 mi away

9%508

Skippack (in town)right here

5%262

Upper Merion8.9 mi away

4%229

Upper Gwynedd7 mi away

4%228

Upper Providence4.8 mi away

3%200

Tredyffrin10.3 mi away

3%195

Plymouth9.7 mi away

2%143

Lower Providence4.6 mi away

2%140

Whitpain8.5 mi away

2%115

Lower Salford3.6 mi away

2%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%3,604

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

How far

How far Skippack commutes

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

42%

38%

11%

42%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Skippack is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Skippack are

7,336 jobs are based in Skippack. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Skippack’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Skippack

7,336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Skippack residents hold

5,721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+76%

Jobs based in Skippack, 2013 → 2023: 4,175 → 7,336. 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.