Work & commute · Trappe

Work & commute in Trappe, PA

Most working residents leave Trappe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (6%), Upper Merion (6%) and Upper Providence (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 2,172 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,094 Trappe residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,416 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trappe.

2,094live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,416work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trappe goes to work

Philadelphia22.3 mi away

6%139

Upper Merion9.1 mi away

6%137

Upper Providence2.3 mi away

5%115

Tredyffrin9.2 mi away

5%114

Lower Providence4.7 mi away

4%81

Trappe (in town)right here

4%78

Limerick3.8 mi away

3%60

Skippack3.1 mi away

3%59

East Whiteland11.3 mi away

3%58

Whitpain10.8 mi away

3%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,274

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

How far

How far Trappe commutes

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

46%

40%

46%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trappe 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 Trappe are

1,494 jobs are based in Trappe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trappe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trappe

1,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Trappe residents hold

2,172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+28%

Jobs based in Trappe, 2013 → 2023: 1,166 → 1,494. 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.