Work & commute · West Grove

Work & commute in West Grove, PA

Most working residents leave West Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Garden (8%), Kennett (5%) and London Grove (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 1,378 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,337 West Grove residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Grove.

1,337live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Grove goes to work

New Garden3.8 mi away

8%112

Kennett7.8 mi away

5%72

London Grove1 mi away

5%68

Penn2.4 mi away

5%65

Philadelphia39.1 mi away

4%50

West Goshen16.3 mi away

3%45

West Grove (in town)right here

3%41

East Marlborough6.9 mi away

2%33

Kennett Square6.4 mi away

2%28

Wilmington, DE16.8 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%839

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

How far

How far West Grove commutes

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

42%

29%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Grove is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Grove are

260 jobs are based in West Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Grove

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Grove residents hold

1,378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−11%

Jobs based in West Grove, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 260. 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.