Work & commute · Yeadon

Work & commute in Yeadon, PA

Most working residents leave Yeadon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (43%), Lower Merion (4%) and Upper Darby (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

85 of 5,242 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,157 Yeadon residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 1,317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yeadon.

5,157live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

1,317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yeadon goes to work

Philadelphia8.3 mi away

43%2,247

Lower Merion6.8 mi away

4%211

Upper Darby2.2 mi away

2%123

Newtown9.3 mi away

2%94

Upper Merion12.8 mi away

2%93

Yeadon (in town)right here

2%85

Springfield4.5 mi away

2%80

Marple6.3 mi away

1%75

Tredyffrin14 mi away

1%73

Plymouth12.7 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,094

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

How far

How far Yeadon commutes

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

67%

22%

67%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yeadon is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Yeadon are

1,402 jobs are based in Yeadon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yeadon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yeadon

1,402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Yeadon residents hold

5,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Yeadon, 2013 → 2023: 1,620 → 1,402. 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.