Work & commute · Uwchlan

Work & commute in Uwchlan, PA

Most working residents leave Uwchlan for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Tredyffrin (8%) and West Whiteland (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

864 of 9,219 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,355 Uwchlan residents head out of town to work, 864 work right here, and 13,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Uwchlan.

8,355live here, work elsewhere

864live and work here

13,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Uwchlan goes to work

Uwchlan (in town)right here

9%864

Philadelphia28.5 mi away

8%744

Tredyffrin11.6 mi away

8%734

West Whiteland3.3 mi away

5%474

West Goshen6.6 mi away

5%434

Upper Merion15.5 mi away

5%417

East Whiteland6.1 mi away

4%410

Downingtown3.5 mi away

2%187

Lower Merion20.7 mi away

2%160

East Caln2.8 mi away

2%153

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,642

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

How far

How far Uwchlan commutes

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

42%

34%

15%

42%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Uwchlan is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Uwchlan are

14,389 jobs are based in Uwchlan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Uwchlan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Uwchlan

14,389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Uwchlan residents hold

9,219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+27%

Jobs based in Uwchlan, 2013 → 2023: 11,325 → 14,389. 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.