Work & commute · Telford

Work & commute in Telford, PA

Most working residents leave Telford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Franconia (7%) and Hatfield (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

92 of 2,630 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,538 Telford residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 1,257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Telford.

2,538live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

1,257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Telford goes to work

Philadelphia24.1 mi away

8%216

Franconia2.2 mi away

7%172

Hatfield3.9 mi away

6%155

Lower Salford5.6 mi away

4%106

Hilltown4.1 mi away

4%97

Telford (in town)right here

3%92

West Rockhill2.9 mi away

3%78

Montgomery7.5 mi away

3%76

Horsham12.2 mi away

3%66

Towamencin5.8 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,508

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

How far

How far Telford commutes

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

48%

33%

13%

48%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Telford is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Telford are

1,349 jobs are based in Telford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Telford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Telford

1,349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Telford residents hold

2,630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+10%

Jobs based in Telford, 2013 → 2023: 1,224 → 1,349. 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.