Work & commute · West Nottingham

Work & commute in West Nottingham, PA

Most working residents leave West Nottingham for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (5%), East Nottingham (5%) and Oxford (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 1,251 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,172 West Nottingham residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Nottingham.

1,172live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Nottingham goes to work

West Nottingham (in town)right here

6%79

Philadelphia51.8 mi away

5%60

East Nottingham4.3 mi away

5%57

Oxford4.8 mi away

4%55

Lower Oxford5.7 mi away

3%37

West Goshen28.9 mi away

3%33

New Garden16.1 mi away

2%28

East Marlborough19.7 mi away

2%27

Wilmington, DE27.1 mi away

2%23

Kennett20.4 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%829

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

How far

How far West Nottingham commutes

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

23%

29%

32%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Nottingham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Nottingham are

1,010 jobs are based in West Nottingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Nottingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Nottingham

1,010 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs West Nottingham residents hold

1,251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−14%

Jobs based in West Nottingham, 2013 → 2023: 1,169 → 1,010. 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.