St. Davids draws 3,931 commuters a day, with 3.6 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in St. Davids for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (24%, 13 miles). Employers in St. Davids report 3,957 jobs; 1,113 of its residents have a job. 44% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where St. Davids stands out on work
A lot of St. Davids works from home
44% of St. Davids workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
St. Davids has far more jobs than workers
St. Davids has 3,957 jobs, 3.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,700 people are in town, 73% more than the 3,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs here, and most residents’ jobs, pay over $40,000
79% of St. Davids’ working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data, and so do 75% of the jobs based in St. Davids. The jobs ↓
St. Davids and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for St. Davids residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in St. Davids come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from St. Davids are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Pennsylvania
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Davids workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,093 commuters (the 44% 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.
St. Davids nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 1,087 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 6,700 people are in St. Davids on a workday afternoon, 73% more 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.
St. Davids is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Davids, 2013 → 2023: 4,909 → 3,957. 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 St. Davids’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where St. Davids’ workforce comes from
Where St. Davids clocks in
24% of workers
11% of workers
6% 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.
How far St. Davids goes to work
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.
The towns around St. Davids
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Davids workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Davids | – | — | — | 20 min | $163,173 |
| Wayne | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wayne: 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 St. Davids’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 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 St. Davids: questions
What is the median household income in St. Davids?
$163,173 (±$80,761) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Davids?
7.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Davids?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 44% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Davids work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (24%, 13 mi), Radnor Township (11%, 1 mi), Upper Merion Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Davids without a car?
4% 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 St. Davids, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Davids
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.