Photo: Montgomery County Planning Commission (Pennsylvania) · CC BY-SA 2.0Trooper has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 810 jobs in Trooper; 2,483 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Trooper itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (8%, 17 miles). The average commute takes 29 minutes each way; Pennsylvania averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Trooper apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Trooper
72% of Trooper residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Trooper pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Trooper’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Trooper’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Trooper residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Trooper empties out on a workday
About 3,200 people are in Trooper on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 4,900 who live here: 2,400 head out to work and 770 come in. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Trooper pay little
27% of the jobs based in Trooper pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
What Trooper’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trooper, 2013 → 2023: 865 → 810. 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 Trooper’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Trooper takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trooper workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,154 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where the trip to work from Trooper ends
Where Trooper clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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 flow of workers through Trooper
On a workday 2,440 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 767 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Trooper 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 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Trooper commutes
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.
Work in the towns next to Trooper
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trooper workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trooper | – | — | — | 29 min | $133,214 |
| Eagleville | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Audubon | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eagleville and Audubon: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Trooper’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 Trooper: questions
What is the median household income in Trooper?
$133,214 (±$35,374) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trooper?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trooper?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trooper work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 17 mi), Lower Providence Township (7%, 1 mi), Upper Merion Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Trooper without a car?
2% 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 Trooper, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trooper
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.