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Jobs & commute in Woxall

Woxall has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Woxall itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (8%, 27 miles). There are 77 jobs in Woxall for 626 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Where Woxall stands out on work

Woxall is a place people come home to

There are 77 jobs based in Woxall, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Woxall has about 800 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Woxall’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Woxall is Philadelphia, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

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; with 626 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

A workday in Woxall: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 622 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.

622live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
73work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,300
Workday800
1,300live here− 620head out to work+ 73come in to work= 800on a workday

About 800 people are in Woxall on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 far

Short hops and long hauls from Woxall

10 mi25 mi35 miPhiladelphia: 8% · 27.2 miFranconia Township: 6% · 5.1 miUpper Gwynedd Township: 6% · 11.5 miLower Salford Township: 6% · 4.9 miHatfield Township: 4% · 9.1 miUpper Salford Township: 4% · 1.6 miUpper Merion Township: 2% · 16.2 miMontgomery Township: 2% · 12.6 miTowamencin Township: 2% · 8 miWest Rockhill Township: 2% · 6.5 miPhiladelphia 8%Upper Gwynedd Township 6%Lower Salford Township 6%Woxall
WoxallTop destinations (size = commuters)
39%Under 10 mi244 residents
41%10–24 mi256 residents
14%25–50 mi89 residents
6%Over 50 mi36 residents

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Woxall ends

ToptonTelfordLansdalePhiladelphia: 48 residents work here (8%)Bedminster TownshipUpper Hanover TownshipUpper Salford Township: 22 residents work here (4%)Upper Gwynedd Township: 36 residents work here (6%)Salford TownshipTowamencin Township: 14 residents work here (2%)Lower Macungie TownshipLower Frederick TownshipUpper Merion Township: 15 residents work here (2%)Hatfield Township: 24 residents work here (4%)Lower Salford Township: 36 residents work here (6%)Marlborough TownshipMontgomery Township: 15 residents work here (2%)Franconia Township: 39 residents work here (6%)West Rockhill Township: 14 residents work here (2%)WoxallPhiladelphiaFranconia TownshipUpper Gwynedd TownshipLower Salford TownshipHatfield TownshipUpper Salford TownshipWoxall
1
Philadelphia27.2 mi away
8%48
26%39
36%36
46%36
54%24
64%22
72%15
82%15
92%14
102%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
58%363
The top trips

Where Woxall clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Woxall: what the 77 are

Jobs based in WoxallJobs Woxall residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms17%19%
Trade, transport & utilities5%18%
Services: health, schools, offices78%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less16%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%16%
Over $3,333 a month60%71%

Who does it

29 or younger8%20%
30 to 5445%48%
55 and older47%32%
+57%

Jobs based in Woxall, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 77. 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 Woxall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Woxall takes about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
188 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Woxall25 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Woxall workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Woxall gets to work
87%Drive alone
11%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 772 commuters (the 7% 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

Woxall and the towns next door

Lower Frederick Township: few work hereMarlborough Township: few work hereLower Frederick TownshipMarlborough TownshipWoxall
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Woxall25 min
Marlborough Township29 min
Lower Frederick Township31 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownWoxall workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Woxall–——25 min$137,250
Lower Frederick Townshipunder 3%B+C+31 min$116,087
Marlborough Townshipunder 3%A−C+29 min$108,281

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Woxall’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Woxall: questions

What is the median household income in Woxall?

$137,250 (±$48,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Woxall?

0.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Woxall?

25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Woxall work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 27 mi), Franconia Township (6%, 5 mi), Upper Gwynedd Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Woxall without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Woxall, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Woxall

Woxall home →

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.