Work & commute · Upland

Work & commute in Upland, PA

Most working residents leave Upland for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (19%), Chester (5%) and Media (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

68 of 1,332 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,264 Upland residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 2,999 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upland.

1,264live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

2,999work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upland goes to work

Philadelphia16.8 mi away

19%248

Upland (in town)right here

5%68

Chester0.8 mi away

5%61

Media4.4 mi away

3%40

Tredyffrin15.1 mi away

3%39

Middletown4.7 mi away

3%36

Ridley3.6 mi away

2%31

Lower Merion13.1 mi away

2%29

Concord7.1 mi away

2%27

Upper Darby8 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%728

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

How far

How far Upland commutes

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

47%

37%

47%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upland is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upland are

3,067 jobs are based in Upland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upland

3,067 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Upland residents hold

1,332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−34%

Jobs based in Upland, 2013 → 2023: 4,621 → 3,067. 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.