Work & commute · Tinicum

Work & commute in Tinicum, PA

Most working residents leave Tinicum for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Plumstead (4%) and Doylestown (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 1,636 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

38%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,509 Tinicum residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tinicum.

1,509live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tinicum goes to work

Philadelphia33 mi away

8%128

Tinicum (in town)right here

8%127

Plumstead7.1 mi away

4%69

Doylestown13.2 mi away

4%69

Doylestown12 mi away

3%47

Nockamixon4.7 mi away

3%47

Buckingham11.9 mi away

3%46

Bedminster6.3 mi away

3%42

Bethlehem17.2 mi away

2%25

Solebury9.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,014

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.

23%

43%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tinicum is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tinicum are

903 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

903 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Tinicum residents hold

1,636 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+19%

Jobs based in Tinicum, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 903. 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.