Pughtown has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
36% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Employers in Pughtown report 105 jobs for 414 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pughtown for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (9%, 30 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 Pughtown
A lot of Pughtown works from home
36% of Pughtown workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Pughtown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pughtown is Philadelphia, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (36) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pughtown is a place people come home to
There are 105 jobs based in Pughtown, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pughtown has about 820 people in it, 27% 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; with 414 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 27 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pughtown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 362 commuters (the 35% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pughtown
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.
Pughtown on a workday afternoon
On a workday 412 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Pughtown on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Out of Pughtown to work: where people go
Where Pughtown clocks in
9% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Pughtown: what the 105 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pughtown, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 105. 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 Pughtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Pughtown: questions
What is the median household income in Pughtown?
$171,500 (±$37,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pughtown?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pughtown?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pughtown work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (9%, 30 mi), South Coventry Township (5%, 1 mi), Tredyffrin Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pughtown 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 Pughtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pughtown
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.