Work & commute · Upper

Work & commute in Upper, NJ

Most working residents leave Upper for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ocean City (10%), Middle (9%) and Somers Point (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

638 of 5,142 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,504 Upper residents head out of town to work, 638 work right here, and 2,147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper.

4,504live here, work elsewhere

638live and work here

2,147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper goes to work

Upper (in town)right here

12%638

Ocean City6.8 mi away

10%508

Middle12.9 mi away

9%467

Somers Point7.6 mi away

5%254

Egg Harbor10.4 mi away

5%247

Dennis6.1 mi away

3%160

Hamilton15.5 mi away

3%150

Atlantic City16.9 mi away

2%127

Sea Isle City7.5 mi away

2%126

Lower21.4 mi away

2%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,345

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Upper commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

34%

21%

37%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.54 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper are

2,785 jobs are based in Upper. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper

2,785 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Upper residents hold

5,142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−6%

Jobs based in Upper, 2013 → 2023: 2,971 → 2,785. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.