Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Bryn Athyn top those of 94% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Bryn Athyn itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (20%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Bryn Athyn A+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Bryn Athyn apart on work
Bryn Athyn is where the jobs are
Bryn Athyn has 904 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Bryn Athyn and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Bryn Athyn residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Bryn Athyn come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Bryn Athyn are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 436 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Bryn Athyn’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bryn Athyn is among the top U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bryn Athyn’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Bryn Athyn’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bryn Athyn stays A+.
Bryn Athyn by day and by night
On a workday 367 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 835 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Bryn Athyn on a workday afternoon, 36% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Bryn Athyn: where workers come from
Where Bryn Athyn clocks in
20% of workers
3% 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.
How long Bryn Athyn spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bryn Athyn workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 456 commuters (the 17% 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.
In Bryn Athyn, services account for most jobs
904 jobs are based in Bryn Athyn.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bryn Athyn, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 904. 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 Bryn Athyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Bryn Athyn, by distance
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.
Bryn Athyn is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bryn Athyn is among the most walkable U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bryn Athyn 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 549 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, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 68% 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). 10.9% of Bryn Athyn households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Bryn Athyn’s commuters take a bus or train.
12th of 5,400: where Bryn Athyn ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 10 | Atlantic Beach NY | 1,723 | $166K | 1.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 11 | Village of the Branch NY | 1,764 | $174K | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| 13 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| 14 | Seis Lagos TX | 1,391 | $249K | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bryn Athyn, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Bryn Athyn: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lower Moreland Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bryn Athyn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Athyn | – | A+ | A+ | 17 min | $143,125 |
| Lower Moreland Township | 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $153,639 |
| Upper Moreland Township | 2% | A− | A | 29 min | $99,054 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bryn Athyn’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 Bryn Athyn: questions
What is the median household income in Bryn Athyn?
$143,125 (±$26,509) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bryn Athyn?
0.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bryn Athyn?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bryn Athyn work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (20%, 10 mi), Abington Township (3%, 3 mi), Warrington Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bryn Athyn walkable?
Bryn Athyn is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 22% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bryn Athyn without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bryn Athyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bryn Athyn
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.