Willow Grove is considered an edge city of Philadelphia, with large amounts of retail and office space.

[5] NAS JRB Willow Grove transitioned into Horsham Air National Guard Station in September 2011.

The place was on the route of an old Lenape trail to New York and developed into a typical colonial crossroads, with inns, stables, blacksmiths, and wheelwright shops.

The place dates to the year 1711 when the Old York Road was laid out from Philadelphia to New Hope where the Delaware River was crossed at Coryell's Ferry.

There was a recreational park with walking trails and gardens, mineral spring water baths and stables for 100 horses.

In 1847, Carolan, wife Elizabeth Smyth (1817-1876) and their children had fled the Great Hunger in Ireland aboard the Patrick Henry.

[9] They made their way to Willow Grove where they lived until taken in by an elderly Quaker couple with a 100-acre farm a mile to the north east of the village.

Soon it became a popular music venue where band leaders like John Phillip Sousa drew as many as 50,000 people a day to the concerts.

China Airlines operates the Philadelphia Mini Office (Chinese: 費城營業所 Fèichéng Yíngyèsuǒ[13]) in Building 39G at 2300 Computer Avenue in the Willow Grove CDP and in Upper Moreland Township.

The community is served by five SEPTA bus routes, with a transit hub at the Willow Grove Park Mall.

[18] Both the Route 22 and 55 buses have several trips from Olney Transportation Center that terminate at the Willow Grove Park Mall.

[17][21] Electricity and natural gas in Willow Grove is provided by PECO Energy Company, a subsidiary of Exelon.

The health center, which was founded in 1983, consists of four buildings and offers outpatient hospital services including healthcare programs, medical and administrative offices, and conference and educational facilities.