With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Maple Glen works elsewhere
Home is the office for 26% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). There are 879 jobs in Maple Glen, against 3,329 working residents. Only 1% work in Maple Glen; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (21%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Maple Glen
The better-paid jobs are outside Maple Glen
73% of Maple Glen residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Maple Glen pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Maple Glen and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Maple Glen residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Maple Glen come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Maple Glen works from home
26% of Maple Glen workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Maple Glen is a place people come home to
There are 879 jobs based in Maple Glen, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maple Glen has about 4,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The kinds of work in Maple Glen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maple Glen, 2013 → 2023: 941 → 879. 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 Maple Glen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Maple Glen commutes to
Where Maple Glen clocks in
21% 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 Maple Glen: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maple Glen workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,746 commuters (the 26% 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.
A workday in Maple Glen: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 3,280 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 830 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Maple Glen on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Maple Glen
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 Maple Glen: questions
What is the median household income in Maple Glen?
$181,103 (±$21,027) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maple Glen?
0.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maple Glen?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maple Glen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (21%, 12 mi), Horsham Township (10%, 2 mi), Upper Dublin Township (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maple Glen without a car?
2% 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 Maple Glen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maple Glen
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.