Work & commute · Upper Gwynedd

Work & commute in Upper Gwynedd, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Gwynedd for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (10%), Upper Merion (4%) and Hatfield (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

635 of 7,560 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 6,925 Upper Gwynedd residents head out of town to work, 635 work right here, and 17,346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Gwynedd.

6,925live here, work elsewhere

635live and work here

17,346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Gwynedd goes to work

Philadelphia16 mi away

10%741

Upper Gwynedd (in town)right here

8%635

Upper Merion9.5 mi away

4%266

Hatfield4.8 mi away

3%260

Montgomery3.8 mi away

3%243

Whitpain3.5 mi away

3%223

Lansdale2.4 mi away

3%213

Horsham6.5 mi away

3%202

Tredyffrin12.9 mi away

2%181

Towamencin3.5 mi away

2%174

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,422

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

How far

How far Upper Gwynedd commutes

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

48%

37%

48%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Gwynedd is a job hub

2.38jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Gwynedd are

17,981 jobs are based in Upper Gwynedd. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Gwynedd’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Gwynedd

17,981 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Upper Gwynedd residents hold

7,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+191%

Jobs based in Upper Gwynedd, 2013 → 2023: 6,181 → 17,981. 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.