Every workday, about 4,400 people come to Villanova for work
Most working residents leave Villanova for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (27%), Radnor Township (9%) and Lower Merion Township (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Day and night
Villanova fills up on a workday
On a workday 2,525 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 4,423 people come in from elsewhere.
2,525live here, work elsewhere
59live and work here
4,423work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night9,200
Workday11,000
9,200live here− 2,500head out to work+ 4,400come in to work= 11,000on a workday
About 11,000 people are in Villanova on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
Job hub or commuter town?
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The jobs
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
4,482 jobs are based in Villanova. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Villanova’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jobs based in VillanovaJobs Villanova residents hold
What kind of work
Goods: factories, building, farms1%7%
Trade, transport & utilities1%14%
Services: health, schools, offices98%79%
What it pays
$1,250 a month or less10%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month12%12%
Over $3,333 a month78%77%
Who does it
29 or younger14%15%
30 to 5455%55%
55 and older31%30%
+15%
Jobs based in Villanova, 2013 → 2023: 3,903 → 4,482. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
How far
Half of Villanova commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
VillanovaTop destinations (size = commuters)
46%
37%
11%
46%Under 10 mi1,172 residents
37%10–24 mi952 residents
6%25–50 mi146 residents
11%Over 50 mi271 residents
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Next door
Villanova and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Villanova’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Every worker, home to work. The 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.
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Where the employer says. A 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.
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Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
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Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.
27% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workers