Work & commute · Souderton

Work & commute in Souderton, PA

Most working residents leave Souderton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Hatfield (7%) and Franconia (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

192 of 3,803 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,611 Souderton residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 2,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Souderton.

3,611live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

2,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Souderton goes to work

Philadelphia23.1 mi away

8%289

Hatfield2.9 mi away

7%283

Franconia2 mi away

7%267

Souderton (in town)right here

5%192

Lower Salford5.1 mi away

3%120

Upper Gwynedd7.4 mi away

3%112

Towamencin4.9 mi away

3%112

Hilltown4.3 mi away

3%111

West Rockhill4 mi away

3%98

Horsham11.3 mi away

3%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,122

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

How far

How far Souderton commutes

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

50%

32%

12%

50%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Souderton is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Souderton are

2,471 jobs are based in Souderton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Souderton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Souderton

2,471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Souderton residents hold

3,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+33%

Jobs based in Souderton, 2013 → 2023: 1,853 → 2,471. 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.