St. Joseph's Parish Complex · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Collingdale has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 2,123 jobs in Collingdale for 4,087 working residents. The two grades for Collingdale are C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Collingdale and work: the main findings
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Collingdale’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Collingdale has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Collingdale went from 1,237 in 2013 to 2,123 in 2023, +72%. The jobs ↓
Collingdale and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Collingdale residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Collingdale come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Collingdale residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 8% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Collingdale earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Collingdale is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #873 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Collingdale’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($51,886, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Collingdale could be anywhere from C− to B.
About 33 minutes each way for Collingdale’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Collingdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,836 commuters (the 9% 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.
The kinds of work in Collingdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Collingdale, 2013 → 2023: 1,237 → 2,123. 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 Collingdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
31% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Collingdale clocks in
31% of workers
3% 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.
Miles to work from Collingdale
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.
A workday in Collingdale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,986 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 2,022 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,900 people are in Collingdale on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Collingdale is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Collingdale is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #35 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Collingdale 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 4,232 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, 68% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 17.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 19.9% of Collingdale households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Collingdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Collingdale ranks: 2,257th of 2,907 U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 59 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,255 | Murillo TX | 8,883 | $71K | 19.2% | 11.3% | <1% | C |
| 2,256 | Bellefontaine Neighbors MO | 10,368 | $49K | 21.4% | 5.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,257 | Collingdale PA | 8,898 | $52K | 19.6% | 6.9% | 2% | C |
| 2,258 | El Rio CA | 6,368 | $73K | 20.1% | 10.4% | 3% | C |
| 2,259 | St. Albans WV | 10,210 | $54K | 14.1% | 5.4% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Collingdale, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Collingdale and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Collingdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingdale | – | C | A+ | 33 min | $51,886 |
| Darby Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Darby | under 2% | C− | A+ | 37 min | $39,863 |
| Aldan | under 2% | B+ | A+ | 42 min | $74,514 |
| Sharon Hill | under 2% | C | A+ | 36 min | $75,130 |
Same-state neighbors only. Darby Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Collingdale’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 Collingdale: questions
What is the median household income in Collingdale?
$51,886 (±$8,882) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Collingdale?
19.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Collingdale?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Collingdale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (31%, 10 mi), Lower Merion Township (3%, 8 mi), Upper Darby Township (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Collingdale walkable?
Collingdale is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Collingdale without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. 68% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Collingdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Collingdale
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.