Photo: Nyttend · Public domainStowe has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 824 jobs in Stowe, against 2,074 working residents. Only 2% work in Stowe itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (8%, 33 miles). For 8% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stowe and work: the main findings
No single place dominates Stowe’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 65% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Stowe residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Stowe’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stowe is Philadelphia, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (156) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stowe makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Stowe are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stowe residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Stowe empties out on a workday
About 2,400 people are in Stowe on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 3,700 who live here: 2,000 head out to work and 780 come in. Day and night ↓
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 Stowe goes to work
Where Stowe clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stowe
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.
Stowe works in goods: 43% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stowe, 2014 → 2024: 825 → 824. 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 Stowe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stowe
On a workday 2,033 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 783 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Stowe on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 daily trip from Stowe: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stowe workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,991 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.
Next door to Stowe
The biggest share goes to Pottstown (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stowe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe | – | — | — | 27 min | $81,343 |
| Pottstown | 6% | C+ | A+ | 27 min | $60,828 |
| North Coventry Township | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $98,896 |
| Douglass Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 24 min | $79,808 |
| South Pottstown | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Pottstown: 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 Stowe’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 Stowe: questions
What is the median household income in Stowe?
$81,343 (±$10,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stowe?
8.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stowe?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stowe work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 33 mi), Pottstown (6%, 2 mi), Upper Merion Township (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stowe without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stowe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stowe
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.