Work & commute · Towamencin

Work & commute in Towamencin, PA

Most working residents leave Towamencin for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Upper Gwynedd (7%) and Hatfield (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

408 of 8,659 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,251 Towamencin residents head out of town to work, 408 work right here, and 5,594 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Towamencin.

8,251live here, work elsewhere

408live and work here

5,594work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Towamencin goes to work

Philadelphia19.4 mi away

9%803

Upper Gwynedd3.5 mi away

7%595

Towamencin (in town)right here

5%408

Hatfield3.6 mi away

4%349

Upper Merion10.7 mi away

3%296

Montgomery5.5 mi away

3%275

Whitpain6.6 mi away

3%245

Lansdale3 mi away

3%221

Tredyffrin13.4 mi away

3%218

Lower Salford3.4 mi away

2%204

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%5,045

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

How far

How far Towamencin commutes

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

45%

41%

45%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Towamencin is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Towamencin are

6,002 jobs are based in Towamencin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Towamencin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Towamencin

6,002 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Towamencin residents hold

8,659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+33%

Jobs based in Towamencin, 2013 → 2023: 4,496 → 6,002. 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.