Photo: Adam Moss · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Folcroft (10.3%) is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia. For jobs and income Folcroft is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (A). Household incomes here are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Folcroft, in brief
Folcroft and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Folcroft residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Folcroft come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Folcroft residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Folcroft are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% 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.
Why Folcroft gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Folcroft’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Folcroft could be anywhere from C− to B.
32% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Folcroft clocks in
32% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Folcroft
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.
Folcroft works in goods: 28% of its jobs
2,363 jobs are based in Folcroft.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Folcroft, 2013 → 2023: 2,182 → 2,363. 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 Folcroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Folcroft on a workday
On a workday 3,045 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 2,247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Folcroft on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Folcroft
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Folcroft workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,411 commuters (the 16% 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.
Folcroft is easy on foot, hard by bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.1% 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 2,856 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 6.2 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). 10.2% of Folcroft households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Folcroft’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,303 U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,200, Folcroft comes 2,417th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,415 | Everman TX | 6,537 | $68K | 20.8% | 10.9% | 5% | C |
| 2,416 | East Flat Rock NC | 6,323 | $60K | 12.6% | 5.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,417 | Folcroft PA | 6,780 | $61K | 16.2% | 10.3% | 4% | C |
| 2,418 | Rockdale TX | 5,688 | $61K | 9.1% | 4.3% | 20% | C |
| 2,419 | Rice Lake WI | 8,882 | $52K | 12.9% | 3.2% | 41% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,303 | 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 Folcroft, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 32% of Folcroft’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Folcroft workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folcroft | – | C | A | 27 min | $61,306 |
| Norwood | under 2% | B | A | 30 min | $96,134 |
| Philadelphia | 32% | C | A+ | 32 min | $61,953 |
| Glenolden | under 2% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,786 |
| Tinicum Township | under 2% | C | A | 22 min | $53,451 |
| Darby Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| 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.
The biggest share goes to Philadelphia. Darker towns draw more of Folcroft’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 Folcroft: questions
What is the median household income in Folcroft?
$61,306 (±$5,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Folcroft?
16.2%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Folcroft?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Folcroft work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (32%, 11 mi), Lower Merion Township (3%, 10 mi), Upper Darby Township (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Folcroft walkable?
Folcroft is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Folcroft without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Folcroft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Folcroft
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.