Work & commute · Trainer

Work & commute in Trainer, PA

Most working residents leave Trainer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Upper Chichester (6%) and Chester (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 800 Trainer residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trainer.

800live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

1,052work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trainer goes to work

Philadelphia19.3 mi away

19%153

Upper Chichester2.4 mi away

6%51

Chester2.3 mi away

4%29

Concord6.6 mi away

4%29

Middletown6.2 mi away

3%21

Lower Merion15.7 mi away

2%19

Upper Merion18.4 mi away

2%19

Upland2.6 mi away

2%18

Trainer (in town)right here

2%18

Ridley6.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%446

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

How far

How far Trainer commutes

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

42%

43%

42%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trainer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Trainer are

1,070 jobs are based in Trainer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trainer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trainer

1,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Trainer residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in Trainer, 2013 → 2023: 1,205 → 1,070. 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.