Most of Silverdale commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Silverdale report 175 jobs; 392 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Silverdale itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (8%, 24 miles). 8% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Silverdale apart
How far Silverdale’s workers travel
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.
Who works in Silverdale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 391 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Silverdale 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Silverdale’s working residents head each day
Where Silverdale clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
70% of the jobs in Silverdale pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silverdale, 2014 → 2024: 98 → 175. 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 Silverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Silverdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silverdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 630 commuters (the 8% 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.
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 Silverdale: questions
What is the median household income in Silverdale?
$107,321 (±$23,116) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silverdale?
0.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silverdale?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silverdale work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 24 mi), Hilltown Township (5%, 1 mi), Doylestown Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Silverdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silverdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silverdale
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.