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FIGURE 98:
Major Employment Centers in Montgomery County: 2010
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, On The Map
Employment Centers
Montgomery County has a large variety of
employment centers—areas with concentrations of
businesses and jobs often located along major
roadways. While businesses and industries within
each center can be related or feed off one another,
the centers themselves vary in size and
characteristics.
King of Prussia
is the largest employment center
with approximately 50,000 employees. The area is
know for its retail core, featuring The Court and
Plaza at King of Prussia, the largest indoor mall in
the United States in terms of leasable retail area.
However, the area’s location at the junction of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike, I-76, and Routes 202 and
422 has fostered many office and industrial uses in
the King of Prussia Industrial Park and two other
office parks in the Gulph Mills area. Lockheed
Martin is the area’s largest single employer.
The
Lansdale
area employment center includes
Merck, the largest employer in Montgomery County,
which operates two campuses in Upper Gwynedd
that include offices, research and development
laboratories, and manufacturing facilities. The area
features a few other pharmaceutical related
businesses in the vicinity of Merck as well as other
office, retail and manufacturing companies in parts
of Lansdale and Kulpsville.
The
Conshohocken
area employment center is
known for its cluster of high density office
developments at the junction of four municipalities
along the Schuylkill River waterfront. Much of this
development was built in the last twenty years as a
combination of public and private efforts to
remediate underutilized or vacant industrial sites into
class A office space.
The
Horsham
area employment center was best
known as the home to the Willow Grove Naval Air
Station until the Navy shuttered the base in 2011.
However, the area is still one of the largest
employment centers in the county with a wide range
of activity including retail, professional services,
finance and insurance, as well as light
manufacturing and warehousing. Redevelopment
of the air base will result in additional
employment opportunities in the coming years.
There are 25 smaller employment centers in
Montgomery County ranging between 5,000 and
20,000 employees. Clusters of employment in a
center are often separated or mixed with other
uses as well.
The Conshohocken employment center is known for its class A office
space along the Schuylkill River waterfront.
Oaks
Ardmore
Hatboro
Horsham
Hatfield
Glenside
Abington
Wynnewood
Souderton
Bryn
Mawr
Pottstown
Blue Bell
Cheltenham
Royersford
Jenkintown
Norristown
Ambler
Area
Bala Cynwyd
Harleysville
Willow
Grove
Conshohocken
Lansdale Area
Valley
Forge
Ft.
Washington
King of Prussia
Montgomeryville
Upper Providence
Plymouth
Meeting
Huntingdon
Valley
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30,000 - 50,000 employees
20,000 - 30,000 employees
10,000 - 20,000 employees
5,000 - 10,000 employees
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