Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission · CC BY-SA 2.0Work, pay and getting to work in Kulpsville
Only 3% work in Kulpsville itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (9%, 20 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. Kulpsville has 2,975 jobs, and 3,977 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kulpsville
Kulpsville makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Kulpsville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kulpsville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Kulpsville pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Kulpsville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Kulpsville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kulpsville went from 2,184 in 2014 to 2,975 in 2024, +36%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Goods, not services: 37% of the jobs in Kulpsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kulpsville, 2014 → 2024: 2,184 → 2,975. 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 Kulpsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Kulpsville
On a workday 3,861 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 2,859 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Kulpsville on a workday afternoon, 11% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Kulpsville ends
Where Kulpsville clocks in
9% 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.
Time on the road from Kulpsville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kulpsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,650 commuters (the 19% 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.
Kulpsville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Kulpsville: questions
What is the median household income in Kulpsville?
$92,721 (±$11,818) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kulpsville?
3.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kulpsville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kulpsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (9%, 20 mi), Upper Gwynedd Township (7%, 4 mi), Towamencin Township (5%, 0 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kulpsville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kulpsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kulpsville
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.