Toughkenamon draws 1,295 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Toughkenamon; the top destination outside it is New Garden Township (14%, 1 miles). There are 1,314 jobs in Toughkenamon, and 511 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Pennsylvania 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Toughkenamon, in brief
Toughkenamon fills up on a workday
Toughkenamon has 1,314 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,600 people are in town, more than double the 800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Toughkenamon makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Toughkenamon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Toughkenamon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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; with 511 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Toughkenamon on a workday
On a workday 492 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 1,600 people are in Toughkenamon on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 2024, primary jobs.
37% of the jobs in Toughkenamon make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toughkenamon, 2014 → 2024: 1,023 → 1,314. 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 Toughkenamon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Toughkenamon: where workers come from
Where Toughkenamon clocks in
14% of workers
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.
The daily trip from Toughkenamon: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toughkenamon workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Toughkenamon goes to work
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.
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 Toughkenamon: questions
What is the median household income in Toughkenamon?
$116,458 (±$51,302) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toughkenamon?
29.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toughkenamon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toughkenamon work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Garden Township (14%, 1 mi), Kennett Township (8%, 4 mi), Kennett Square (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Toughkenamon 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 Toughkenamon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toughkenamon
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.