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Work & commute in Wynnewood · Balanced

99% of Wynnewood’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Wynnewood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (42%), Lower Merion (10%) and Upper Merion (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Work in town
1%
7 of 1,273 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
More than PA (26 min)
Work from home
29%
More than PA (16%)
Jobs based here
1,258
Balanced

What kind of work town is Wynnewood?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
242 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Wynnewood32 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
29%

of Wynnewood workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
The commute map

42% of working residents work in Philadelphia

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

New York: 12 residents work here (1%)NarberthPhiladelphia: 531 residents work here (42%)Haverford: 17 residents work here (1%)CheltenhamNewtown: 15 residents work here (1%)Whitpain: 13 residents work here (1%)Lower Merion: 128 residents work here (10%)Plymouth: 28 residents work here (2%)Upper DarbyRadnor: 32 residents work here (3%)SpringfieldMarpleUpper Merion: 38 residents work here (3%)Lower ProvidenceTredyffrin: 22 residents work here (2%)WynnewoodPenn WynneMerion StationArdmorePhiladelphiaLower MerionUpper MerionRadnorPlymouthTredyffrinWynnewood
1
Philadelphia7.2 mi away
42%531
2
Lower Merion2.2 mi away
10%128
3
Upper Merion8.7 mi away
3%38
4
Radnor5.8 mi away
3%32
5
Plymouth8.1 mi away
2%28
6
Tredyffrin10.7 mi away
2%22
7
Haverford2.6 mi away
1%17
8
Newtown7.5 mi away
1%15
9
Whitpain11 mi away
1%13
10
New York, NY83.8 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%437
The top trips

Where Wynnewood clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Wynnewood commutes less than 7 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhiladelphia: 42% · 7.2 miLower Merion: 10% · 2.2 miUpper Merion: 3% · 8.7 miRadnor: 3% · 5.8 miPlymouth: 2% · 8.1 miTredyffrin: 2% · 10.7 miHaverford: 1% · 2.6 miNewtown: 1% · 7.5 miWhitpain: 1% · 11 miNew York: 1% · 83.8 miPhiladelphia 42%Lower Merion 10%Upper Merion 3%Radnor 3%Plymouth 2%Wynnewood
WynnewoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
68%Under 10 mi853 residents
22%10–24 mi274 residents
3%25–50 mi33 residents
8%Over 50 mi100 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,266 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 1,251 people come in from elsewhere.

1,266live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
1,251work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,800
Workday2,800
2,800live here− 1,300head out to work+ 1,300come in to work= 2,800on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.99jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

What the 1,258 jobs in Wynnewood are

1,258 jobs are based in Wynnewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wynnewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in WynnewoodJobs Wynnewood residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%5%
Trade, transport & utilities30%10%
Services: health, schools, offices67%85%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%13%
Over $3,333 a month48%79%

Who does it

29 or younger33%14%
30 to 5444%57%
55 and older23%29%
+7%

Jobs based in Wynnewood, 2013 → 2023: 1,176 → 1,258. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Wynnewood and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Wynnewood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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