Work & commute · Tinicum

Work & commute in Tinicum, PA

Most working residents leave Tinicum for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (22%), Ridley (5%) and Upper Darby (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 2,054 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,871 Tinicum residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 5,685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tinicum.

1,871live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

5,685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tinicum goes to work

Philadelphia11.6 mi away

22%458

Tinicum (in town)right here

9%183

Ridley4.3 mi away

5%97

Upper Darby6 mi away

2%44

Prospect Park3.3 mi away

2%40

Springfield6.3 mi away

2%35

Upper Merion16.9 mi away

2%34

Lower Merion11.3 mi away

2%33

Chester6.7 mi away

2%32

Concord13.9 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,066

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

How far

How far Tinicum commutes

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

62%

26%

62%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tinicum is a job hub

2.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tinicum are

5,868 jobs are based in Tinicum. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tinicum’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tinicum

5,868 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Tinicum residents hold

2,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−54%

Jobs based in Tinicum, 2013 → 2023: 12,790 → 5,868. 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.