Commuting to Work

Transportation — Commuting to Work (Workers 16 years and older), Chester County

Data accessed May 2024

Source: US Census Bureau, 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, DP03, SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

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County/Municipality	Mean travel time to work (minutes)	Workers 16 years & over	Car, truck, or van - drove alone	% Car, truck, or van - drove alone	Car, truck, or van - carpooled	% Car, truck, or van - carpooled	Public transportation (excluding taxicab)	% Public transportation (excluding taxicab)	Walked	% Walked	Other means	% Other means	Worked at home	% Worked at home
Chester County	27.6	278,038	194,106	69.8%	16,942	6.1%	4,514	1.6%	5,475	2.0%	4,139	1.5%	52,862	19.0%
Atglen Boro.	24.9	621	514	82.8%	7	1.1%	0	0.0%	8	1.3%	9	1.4%	83	13.4%
Avondale Boro.	16.7	619	384	62.0%	96	15.5%	0	0.0%	20	3.2%	73	11.8%	46	7.4%
Birmingham Twp.	33.5	1,904	1,488	78.2%	21	1.1%	0	0.0%	7	0.4%	41	2.2%	347	18.2%
Caln Twp.	27.8	7,727	5,956	77.1%	364	4.7%	135	1.7%	91	1.2%	21	0.3%	1,160	15.0%
Charlestown Twp.	28.5	2,988	1,760	58.9%	138	4.6%	80	2.7%	120	4.0%	35	1.2%	855	28.6%
Coatesville City	28.0	6,017	4,309	71.6%	848	14.1%	167	2.8%	114	1.9%	289	4.8%	290	4.8%
Downingtown Boro.	25.0	4,769	3,321	69.6%	563	11.8%	103	2.2%	41	0.9%	88	1.8%	653	13.7%
East Bradford Twp.	24.9	5,580	4,093	73.4%	118	2.1%	25	0.4%	160	2.9%	136	2.4%	1,048	18.8%
East Brandywine Twp.	30.3	4,684	3,179	67.9%	123	2.6%	49	1.0%	11	0.2%	63	1.3%	1,259	26.9%
East Caln Twp.	25.5	3,038	2,223	73.2%	185	6.1%	63	2.1%	0	0.0%	85	2.8%	482	15.9%
East Coventry Twp.	29.4	3,428	2,564	74.8%	152	4.4%	0	0.0%	10	0.3%	0	0.0%	702	20.5%
East Fallowfield Twp.	29.0	4,200	3,222	76.7%	414	9.9%	86	2.0%	0	0.0%	38	0.9%	440	10.5%
East Goshen Twp.	25.3	9,385	6,609	70.4%	472	5.0%	124	1.3%	96	1.0%	112	1.2%	1,972	21.0%
East Marlborough Twp.	25.4	3,568	2,462	69.0%	57	1.6%	45	1.3%	157	4.4%	14	0.4%	833	23.3%
East Nantmeal Twp.	33.3	697	443	63.6%	51	7.3%	0	0.0%	16	2.3%	9	1.3%	178	25.5%
East Nottingham Twp.	32.5	4,811	3,678	76.4%	584	12.1%	14	0.3%	51	1.1%	34	0.7%	450	9.4%
East Pikeland Twp.	28.1	4,803	3,396	70.7%	170	3.5%	48	1.0%	25	0.5%	54	1.1%	1,110	23.1%
East Vincent Twp.	28.1	3,575	2,315	64.8%	296	8.3%	32	0.9%	15	0.4%	9	0.3%	908	25.4%
East Whiteland Twp.	24.3	7,608	4,760	62.6%	560	7.4%	346	4.5%	113	1.5%	280	3.7%	1,549	20.4%
Easttown Twp.	26.8	5,172	3,349	64.8%	139	2.7%	227	4.4%	100	1.9%	61	1.2%	1,296	25.1%
Elk Twp.	33.7	904	687	76.0%	61	6.7%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	10	1.1%	144	15.9%
Elverson Boro.	29.4	542	386	71.2%	45	8.3%	0	0.0%	40	7.4%	17	3.1%	54	10.0%
Franklin Twp.	33.9	2,311	1,665	72.0%	42	1.8%	8	0.3%	8	0.3%	0	0.0%	588	25.4%
Highland Twp.	28.2	637	475	74.6%	58	9.1%	4	0.6%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	98	15.4%
Honey Brook Boro.	33.2	969	775	80.0%	80	8.3%	4	0.4%	35	3.6%	11	1.1%	64	6.6%
Honey Brook Twp.	30.0	3,601	2,178	60.5%	590	16.4%	50	1.4%	67	1.9%	116	3.2%	600	16.7%
Kennett Square Boro.	21.7	3,219	2,412	74.9%	427	13.3%	0	0.0%	96	3.0%	13	0.4%	271	8.4%
Kennett Twp.	25.0	4,152	2,835	68.3%	386	9.3%	13	0.3%	77	1.9%	88	2.1%	753	18.1%
London Britain Twp.	30.7	1,576	981	62.2%	111	7.0%	28	1.8%	54	3.4%	35	2.2%	367	23.3%
London Grove Twp.	32.0	4,199	3,004	71.5%	283	6.7%	0	0.0%	5	0.1%	32	0.8%	875	20.8%
Londonderry Twp.	38.0	1,174	748	63.7%	72	6.1%	5	0.4%	25	2.1%	0	0.0%	324	27.6%
Lower Oxford Twp.	22.7	2,606	1,360	52.2%	321	12.3%	46	1.8%	360	13.8%	54	2.1%	465	17.8%
Malvern Boro.	23.4	1,996	1,479	74.1%	46	2.3%	125	6.3%	34	1.7%	18	0.9%	294	14.7%
Modena Boro.	23.8	275	229	83.3%	13	4.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	33	12.0%
New Garden Twp.	24.2	6,172	4,481	72.6%	300	4.9%	67	1.1%	144	2.3%	99	1.6%	1,081	17.5%
New London Twp.	39.9	3,072	2,366	77.0%	122	4.0%	25	0.8%	35	1.1%	67	2.2%	457	14.9%
Newlin Twp.	34.0	526	369	70.2%	13	2.5%	5	1.0%	10	1.9%	0	0.0%	129	24.5%
North Coventry Twp.	25.9	4,574	3,523	77.0%	350	7.7%	19	0.4%	0	0.0%	124	2.7%	558	12.2%
Oxford Boro.	29.1	2,252	1,753	77.8%	150	6.7%	0	0.0%	83	3.7%	14	0.6%	252	11.2%
Parkesburg Boro.	31.2	2,094	1,618	77.3%	274	13.1%	32	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	170	8.1%
Penn Twp.	32.6	2,298	1,880	81.8%	54	2.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	29	1.3%	335	14.6%
Pennsbury Twp.	33.7	1,399	966	69.0%	82	5.9%	6	0.4%	26	1.9%	34	2.4%	285	20.4%
Phoenixville Boro.	27.0	11,414	7,630	66.8%	858	7.5%	28	0.2%	291	2.5%	115	1.0%	2,492	21.8%
Pocopson Twp.	32.4	1,414	949	67.1%	72	5.1%	7	0.5%	0	0.0%	42	3.0%	344	24.3%
Sadsbury Twp.	35.7	2,236	1,850	82.7%	181	8.1%	18	0.8%	9	0.4%	10	0.4%	168	7.5%
Schuylkill Twp.	26.7	4,636	3,205	69.1%	108	2.3%	65	1.4%	83	1.8%	39	0.8%	1,136	24.5%
South Coatesville Boro.	24.7	862	687	79.7%	89	10.3%	13	1.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	73	8.5%
South Coventry Twp.	32.5	1,501	1,046	69.7%	72	4.8%	3	0.2%	15	1.0%	6	0.4%	359	23.9%
Spring City Boro.	28.1	2,183	1,634	74.9%	64	2.9%	17	0.8%	41	1.9%	31	1.4%	396	18.1%
Thornbury Twp.	30.6	1,884	1,317	69.9%	63	3.3%	20	1.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	484	25.7%
Tredyffrin Twp.	26.9	15,587	9,907	63.6%	794	5.1%	784	5.0%	179	1.1%	364	2.3%	3,559	22.8%
Upper Oxford Twp.	26.9	1,420	982	69.2%	61	4.3%	0	0.0%	67	4.7%	15	1.1%	295	20.8%
Upper Uwchlan Twp.	29.1	6,712	4,263	63.5%	328	4.9%	118	1.8%	39	0.6%	122	1.8%	1,842	27.4%
Uwchlan Twp.	25.8	10,480	7,367	70.3%	452	4.3%	225	2.1%	69	0.7%	78	0.7%	2,289	21.8%
Valley Twp.	32.6	4,655	3,696	79.4%	429	9.2%	13	0.3%	33	0.7%	128	2.7%	356	7.6%
Wallace Twp.	32.5	1,672	1,217	72.8%	74	4.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	45	2.7%	336	20.1%
Warwick Twp.	29.7	1,389	1,077	77.5%	61	4.4%	6	0.4%	8	0.6%	20	1.4%	217	15.6%
West Bradford Twp.	28.5	7,867	5,381	68.4%	366	4.7%	172	2.2%	54	0.7%	68	0.9%	1,826	23.2%
West Brandywine Twp.	31.6	3,841	2,618	68.2%	296	7.7%	114	3.0%	38	1.0%	101	2.6%	674	17.5%
West Caln Twp.	34.3	4,599	3,184	69.2%	479	10.4%	36	0.8%	77	1.7%	21	0.5%	802	17.4%
West Chester Boro.	22.1	10,640	7,065	66.4%	511	4.8%	148	1.4%	1,535	14.4%	185	1.7%	1,196	11.2%
West Fallowfield Twp.	29.4	1,258	876	69.6%	122	9.7%	0	0.0%	60	4.8%	23	1.8%	177	14.1%
West Goshen Twp.	24.8	12,439	9,142	73.5%	394	3.2%	124	1.0%	241	1.9%	64	0.5%	2,474	19.9%
West Grove Boro.	28.1	1,526	1,135	74.4%	168	11.0%	49	3.2%	35	2.3%	22	1.4%	117	7.7%
West Marlborough Twp.	25.5	505	377	74.7%	22	4.4%	0	0.0%	16	3.2%	0	0.0%	90	17.8%
West Nantmeal Twp.	30.5	1,091	873	80.0%	37	3.4%	0	0.0%	14	1.3%	17	1.6%	150	13.7%
West Nottingham Twp.	28.1	1,556	1,246	80.1%	185	11.9%	0	0.0%	31	2.0%	8	0.5%	86	5.5%
West Pikeland Twp.	30.0	2,339	1,322	56.5%	71	3.0%	98	4.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	848	36.3%
West Sadsbury Twp.	32.4	1,289	749	58.1%	427	33.1%	0	0.0%	50	3.9%	1	0.1%	62	4.8%
West Vincent Twp.	28.7	3,396	2,010	59.2%	92	2.7%	23	0.7%	8	0.2%	65	1.9%	1,198	35.3%
West Whiteland Twp.	26.0	10,847	7,384	68.1%	419	3.9%	290	2.7%	74	0.7%	27	0.2%	2,653	24.5%
Westtown Twp.	24.4	5,669	3,960	69.9%	199	3.5%	46	0.8%	87	1.5%	206	3.6%	1,171	20.7%
Willistown Twp.	25.0	5,389	3,762	69.8%	210	3.9%	114	2.1%	67	1.2%	102	1.9%	1,134	21.0%