There are 5.9 jobs in Eagle for every working resident, and 1,546 people commute in
Eagle has 1,554 jobs, and 265 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Eagle itself; outside it, Tredyffrin Township draws the most (14%, 12 miles). The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Pennsylvania norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eagle at work: what stands out
Eagle fills up on a workday
Eagle has 1,554 jobs, 5.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,700 people are in town, 4 times the 410 who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Eagle
79% of Eagle residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Eagle pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Eagle are in trade, transport and utilities, against 15% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Eagle on a workday
On a workday 257 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 1,700 people are in Eagle on a workday afternoon, 312% more than live here.
5.9 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.
What Eagle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,554. 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 Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Eagle live
Where Eagle clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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 daily trip from Eagle: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 15% 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 in the region Eagle works
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.
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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle?
$86,641 (±$14,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tredyffrin Township (14%, 12 mi), Philadelphia (9%, 30 mi), Upper Merion Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle without a car?
0% 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 Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle
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.