Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Chalfant has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Chalfant has 109 jobs for 339 working residents. Hardly any work in Chalfant; the top destination outside it is Pittsburgh (40%, 8 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Chalfant
Most Chalfant residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
40% of Chalfant works in Pittsburgh
134 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Pittsburgh, 7.5 miles away. That’s far more as work in Chalfant itself. The commute map ↓
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 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Chalfant commutes less than 7 miles
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.
Where the trip to work from Chalfant ends
Where Chalfant clocks in
40% of workers
5% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Chalfant
On a workday 339 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Chalfant on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
76% of the jobs in Chalfant pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chalfant, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 109. 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 Chalfant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes to work from Chalfant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chalfant workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 368 commuters (the 10% 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.
Around Chalfant: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Wilkins Township (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chalfant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalfant | – | — | — | 23 min | $59,120 |
| Wilkins Township | 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $65,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chalfant’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 Chalfant: questions
What is the median household income in Chalfant?
$59,120 (±$3,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chalfant?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chalfant?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chalfant work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (40%, 8 mi), Monroeville (5%, 4 mi), Forest Hills (3%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chalfant without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chalfant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chalfant
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.