Blue Bell has 5.0 jobs for every working resident: 14,963 people commute in to work
Only 6% stay in Blue Bell for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (21%, 12 miles). Employers in Blue Bell report 15,141 jobs for 3,002 working residents. 35% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Blue Bell and work: the main findings
Blue Bell fills up on a workday
Blue Bell has 15,141 jobs, 5.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, more than double the 6,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Blue Bell
35% of Blue Bell workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Blue Bell draws workers from far and wide
The 15,141 jobs in Blue Bell are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 26%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
77% of Blue Bell’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 87% of the jobs based in Blue Bell. The jobs ↓
Blue Bell and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Blue Bell residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Blue Bell come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Who commutes out of Blue Bell, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,824 residents head out to work and 178 work right here.
About 19,000 people are in Blue Bell on a workday afternoon, 189% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Blue Bell: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue Bell workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,992 commuters (the 35% 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.
Where Blue Bell’s workers come from
Where Blue Bell clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Bell, 2014 → 2024: 11,532 → 15,141. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Bell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Blue Bell
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Blue Bell: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Bell?
$171,818 (±$14,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Bell?
3.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Bell?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue Bell work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (21%, 12 mi), Whitpain Township (8%, 1 mi), Upper Merion Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Blue Bell without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue Bell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Bell
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.