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Jobs & commute in Evansburg

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Evansburg

Home is the office for 44% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Only 1% work in Evansburg itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (7%, 20 miles). The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, next to 26 for Pennsylvania and 26 for the U.S.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Getting to work from Evansburg, in brief

A lot of Evansburg works from home

44% of Evansburg workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓

Evansburg makes and builds things

40% of the jobs based in Evansburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Evansburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓

Three in four Evansburg workers earn over $40,000 a year

77% of Evansburg’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓

Evansburg workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

Evansburg’s commute takes about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
237 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Evansburg31 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
44%

of Evansburg workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Evansburg gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 842 commuters (the 44% 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 jobs

Evansburg makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods

753 jobs are based in Evansburg.

Jobs based in EvansburgJobs Evansburg residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms40%14%
Trade, transport & utilities9%17%
Services: health, schools, offices51%69%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%12%
Over $3,333 a month70%77%

Who does it

29 or younger20%16%
30 to 5448%54%
55 and older32%30%
−19%

Jobs based in Evansburg, 2014 → 2024: 924 → 753. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evansburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Day and night

How many people are in Evansburg by day

On a workday 1,205 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 738 people come in from elsewhere.

1,205live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
738work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,000
Workday2,500
3,000live here− 1,200head out to work+ 740come in to work= 2,500on a workday

About 2,500 people are in Evansburg on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.62jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Evansburg’s residents

CollegevillePhoenixvillePottstownPhiladelphia: 89 residents work here (7%)Upper Providence Township: 56 residents work here (5%)Lower Merion Township: 29 residents work here (2%)Perkiomen TownshipEast Norriton Township: 29 residents work here (2%)Plymouth Township: 35 residents work here (3%)Skippack Township: 46 residents work here (4%)West Norriton TownshipUpper Merion Township: 87 residents work here (7%)Limerick TownshipMontgomery Township: 29 residents work here (2%)Lower Providence Township: 72 residents work here (6%)Tredyffrin Township: 58 residents work here (5%)EvansburgPhiladelphiaUpper Merion TownshipLower Providence TownshipTredyffrin TownshipUpper Providence TownshipSkippack TownshipEvansburg
1
Philadelphia20.2 mi away
7%89
27%87
45%58
64%46
73%35
82%29
92%29
102%29
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%690
The top trips

Where Evansburg clocks in

Lines 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 far

Where in the region Evansburg works

10 mi25 mi30 miPhiladelphia: 7% · 20.2 miUpper Merion Township: 7% · 7.5 miLower Providence Township: 6% · 3 miTredyffrin Township: 5% · 8.5 miUpper Providence Township: 5% · 3.2 miSkippack Township: 4% · 1.9 miPlymouth Township: 3% · 9 miLower Merion Township: 2% · 13.8 miEast Norriton Township: 2% · 5.8 miMontgomery Township: 2% · 11.2 miPhiladelphia 7%Upper Merion Township 7%Lower Providence Township 6%Tredyffrin Township 5%Evansburg
EvansburgTop destinations (size = commuters)
50%Under 10 mi612 residents
35%10–24 mi427 residents
8%25–50 mi95 residents
7%Over 50 mi83 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

How Evansburg compares with the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Skippack Township (4%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownEvansburg workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Evansburg–——31 min$122,866
Skippack Township4%A+B−30 min$147,979

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Evansburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Evansburg: questions

What is the median household income in Evansburg?

$122,866 (±$58,583) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Evansburg?

0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Evansburg?

31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 44% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Evansburg work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 20 mi), Upper Merion Township (7%, 8 mi), Lower Providence Township (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Evansburg 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 Evansburg, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Evansburg

Evansburg home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.