Work & commute · Whitpain

Work & commute in Whitpain, PA

Most working residents leave Whitpain for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Upper Merion (4%) and Plymouth (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

765 of 9,127 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,362 Whitpain residents head out of town to work, 765 work right here, and 18,524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitpain.

8,362live here, work elsewhere

765live and work here

18,524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitpain goes to work

Philadelphia12.8 mi away

19%1,699

Whitpain (in town)right here

8%765

Upper Merion7.1 mi away

4%390

Plymouth3.2 mi away

4%328

Tredyffrin10.9 mi away

3%288

Upper Gwynedd3.5 mi away

3%278

Whitemarsh4.1 mi away

3%231

Horsham6.6 mi away

2%212

Upper Dublin5.3 mi away

2%206

Lower Merion8.8 mi away

2%205

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,525

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

How far

How far Whitpain commutes

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

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitpain is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitpain are

19,289 jobs are based in Whitpain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitpain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitpain

19,289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Whitpain residents hold

9,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+20%

Jobs based in Whitpain, 2013 → 2023: 16,035 → 19,289. 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.