Photo: Dough4872 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Sanatoga commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Sanatoga; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (8%, 29 miles). Employers in Sanatoga report 1,582 jobs for 4,206 working residents. Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sanatoga apart
No single place dominates Sanatoga’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Sanatoga residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Sanatoga’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sanatoga is Philadelphia, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (333) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Where Sanatoga’s working residents head each day
Where Sanatoga clocks in
8% 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.
Sanatoga’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.
The daily commute in and out of Sanatoga
On a workday 4,133 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 1,509 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Sanatoga on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Sanatoga
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sanatoga, 2014 → 2024: 1,709 → 1,582. 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 Sanatoga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Sanatoga’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sanatoga workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,434 commuters (the 18% 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.
Next door to Sanatoga
The biggest share goes to Limerick Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sanatoga workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanatoga | – | — | — | 26 min | $86,746 |
| Pottsgrove | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| East Coventry Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $120,798 |
| Limerick Township | 5% | A | B− | 26 min | $121,061 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pottsgrove: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sanatoga’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 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 Sanatoga: questions
What is the median household income in Sanatoga?
$86,746 (±$9,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sanatoga?
14.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sanatoga?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sanatoga work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 29 mi), Upper Merion Township (5%, 16 mi), Limerick Township (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sanatoga without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sanatoga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sanatoga
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.