Work & commute · Thornbury

Work & commute in Thornbury, PA

Most working residents leave Thornbury for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), West Goshen (6%) and Tredyffrin (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,521 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,466 Thornbury residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 1,038 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thornbury.

1,466live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

1,038work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thornbury goes to work

Philadelphia23.2 mi away

8%116

West Goshen4 mi away

6%96

Thornbury (in town)right here

4%55

Tredyffrin11.4 mi away

3%53

East Whiteland8.5 mi away

3%46

Upper Merion14.8 mi away

3%44

West Chester3.5 mi away

3%39

Concord4.2 mi away

2%37

Radnor11.9 mi away

2%33

West Whiteland7.7 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%970

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

How far

How far Thornbury commutes

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

40%

41%

10%

40%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thornbury is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thornbury are

1,093 jobs are based in Thornbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thornbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thornbury

1,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Thornbury residents hold

1,521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−3%

Jobs based in Thornbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,128 → 1,093. 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.