Eddystone draws 2,729 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
Eddystone has 2,794 jobs; 1,077 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Eddystone are C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. Measured by household income, Eddystone is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Eddystone in brief
Eddystone is where the jobs are
Eddystone has 2,794 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,200 people are in town, 70% more than the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Eddystone and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Eddystone residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Eddystone come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Eddystone are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Eddystone pay better than its residents’ jobs
71% of the jobs based in Eddystone pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Eddystone residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Eddystone. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Eddystone’s workers comes from Philadelphia
395 of the people who work in Eddystone live in Philadelphia, 15 miles away, more than from any other town. 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.
How Eddystone earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eddystone is better than 24% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Eddystone’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eddystone could be anywhere from C− to B.
Eddystone by day and by night
On a workday 1,012 residents head out to work and 65 work right here.
About 4,200 people are in Eddystone on a workday afternoon, 70% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Eddystone live
Where Eddystone clocks in
17% 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.
71% of the jobs in Eddystone pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eddystone, 2013 → 2023: 2,708 → 2,794. 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 Eddystone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Eddystone’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eddystone workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 940 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Eddystone
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.
Eddystone 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, Eddystone is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,097 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 6.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 13.9% of Eddystone households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Eddystone’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Eddystone ranks 3,724th of 5,207 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 27 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,722 | Woodside East DE | 2,274 | $61K | 10.9% | 11.9% | <1% | C− |
| 3,723 | Sharon MS | 1,910 | $102K | 18.0% | 9.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,724 | Eddystone PA | 2,448 | $52K | 25.2% | 8.1% | 6% | C− |
| 3,725 | Pikeville TN | 1,872 | $38K | 22.6% | 0.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,726 | Jefferson Township MI | 3,037 | $59K | 11.3% | 4.7% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Eddystone, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 10% of Eddystone
The biggest share goes to Ridley Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eddystone workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddystone | – | C− | A | 28 min | $51,953 |
| Ridley Township | 6% | B+ | A+ | 25 min | $92,835 |
| Chester | 4% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $41,342 |
| Woodlyn | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodlyn: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eddystone’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 Eddystone: questions
What is the median household income in Eddystone?
$51,953 (±$12,914) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eddystone?
25.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eddystone?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eddystone work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (17%, 15 mi), Ridley Township (6%, 2 mi), Chester (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eddystone walkable?
Eddystone is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 15.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eddystone without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eddystone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eddystone
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.