Photo: Dhsifhdbfidhxuf · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Willow Grove
At 26 minutes each way, commutes from Willow Grove run about the Pennsylvania average. Only 4% stay in Willow Grove for work; outside it, Philadelphia is the main destination (23%, 10 miles). 22% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Pennsylvania.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Willow Grove: the figures worth knowing
Willow Grove trades workers with the towns around it
Willow Grove has about as many jobs (7,135) as working residents (7,149), but they are mostly different people: 6,859 residents leave for work each day while 6,845 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Willow Grove are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Willow Grove and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Willow Grove residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Willow Grove come from (24% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Willow Grove
70% of Willow Grove residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Willow Grove pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Willow Grove are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Willow Grove are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Willow Grove’s own working residents. 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.
A workday in Willow Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 6,859 residents head out to work, 290 work right here, and 6,845 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
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 people from Willow Grove work
Where Willow Grove clocks in
23% 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 7,135 jobs based in Willow Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willow Grove, 2014 → 2024: 8,785 → 7,135. 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 Willow Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Willow Grove, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willow Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,846 commuters (the 22% 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 in the region Willow Grove works
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.
Willow Grove and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Abington Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willow Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Grove | – | — | — | 26 min | $98,064 |
| Abington Township | 6% | A− | A+ | 29 min | $103,645 |
| Upper Dublin Township | 3% | A+ | A | 28 min | $168,010 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willow Grove’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 Willow Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Willow Grove?
$98,064 (±$8,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willow Grove?
5.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willow Grove?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willow Grove work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (23%, 10 mi), Upper Moreland Township (7%, 1 mi), Abington Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Willow Grove without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willow Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willow Grove
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.