Work & commute · Willistown

Work & commute in Willistown, PA

Most working residents leave Willistown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (13%), Tredyffrin (9%) and East Whiteland (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

175 of 5,245 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,070 Willistown residents head out of town to work, 175 work right here, and 5,661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willistown.

5,070live here, work elsewhere

175live and work here

5,661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willistown goes to work

Philadelphia19.3 mi away

13%692

Tredyffrin5.3 mi away

9%452

East Whiteland4.4 mi away

5%259

Upper Merion8.7 mi away

4%198

Lower Merion11.8 mi away

3%176

Willistown (in town)right here

3%175

West Goshen5.4 mi away

3%164

Radnor6.8 mi away

3%150

Newtown4.6 mi away

3%139

West Whiteland6.5 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,740

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

How far

How far Willistown commutes

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

47%

37%

47%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willistown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Willistown are

5,836 jobs are based in Willistown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willistown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willistown

5,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Willistown residents hold

5,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+9%

Jobs based in Willistown, 2013 → 2023: 5,375 → 5,836. 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.