Eden Cemetery · Photo: Lblanchard · CC BY-SA 2.0Aldan has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 7.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia. There are 699 jobs in Aldan for 1,971 working residents. Aldan grades B+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Aldan stands out on work
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Aldan’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 42 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Aldan
68% of Aldan residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Aldan pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Aldan and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Aldan residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Aldan come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Aldan residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Aldan
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Aldan is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #484 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Aldan’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Aldan could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Commuting from Aldan: about 42 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aldan workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,990 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Aldan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aldan, 2013 → 2023: 596 → 699. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aldan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
33% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Aldan clocks in
33% of workers
5% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Aldan’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Aldan
On a workday 1,951 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Aldan on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Aldan is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Aldan is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #51 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Aldan near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,272 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 24% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Aldan households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 11% of Aldan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Aldan is 1,300th of 3,962 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,298 | Pleasure Point CA | 5,489 | $120K | 8.9% | 4.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,299 | Middleville MI | 4,407 | $74K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,300 | Aldan PA | 4,253 | $75K | 8.9% | 4.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,301 | Fall Creek Township IN | 4,685 | $69K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,302 | Washington NY | 4,502 | $102K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 15% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,962 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Aldan, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Aldan and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Upper Darby Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aldan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldan | – | B+ | A+ | 42 min | $74,514 |
| Upper Darby Township | 5% | C+ | A+ | 32 min | $71,481 |
| Collingdale | under 2% | C | A+ | 33 min | $51,886 |
| Clifton Heights | under 2% | C+ | A+ | 32 min | $70,931 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aldan’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aldan: questions
What is the median household income in Aldan?
$74,514 (±$11,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aldan?
8.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aldan?
42 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aldan work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (33%, 10 mi), Upper Darby Township (5%, 2 mi), Lower Merion Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Aldan walkable?
Aldan is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.4 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Aldan without a car?
11% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 24% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aldan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aldan
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.