Work & commute · Whitemarsh

Work & commute in Whitemarsh, PA

Most working residents leave Whitemarsh for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (24%), Plymouth (5%) and Upper Merion (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

628 of 9,320 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,692 Whitemarsh residents head out of town to work, 628 work right here, and 13,509 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitemarsh.

8,692live here, work elsewhere

628live and work here

13,509work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitemarsh goes to work

Philadelphia8.8 mi away

24%2,241

Whitemarsh (in town)right here

7%628

Plymouth2.9 mi away

5%456

Upper Merion7.4 mi away

4%415

Lower Merion5.5 mi away

4%385

Tredyffrin11.3 mi away

3%320

Conshohocken3.7 mi away

3%235

Whitpain4.1 mi away

2%231

Upper Dublin4.7 mi away

2%181

Radnor8.9 mi away

2%178

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,050

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

How far

How far Whitemarsh commutes

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

53%

35%

53%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitemarsh is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitemarsh are

14,137 jobs are based in Whitemarsh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitemarsh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitemarsh

14,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Whitemarsh residents hold

9,320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−6%

Jobs based in Whitemarsh, 2013 → 2023: 15,076 → 14,137. 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.