Work & commute · Upper Augusta

Work & commute in Upper Augusta, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Augusta for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sunbury (10%), Mahoning (8%) and Point (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,076 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,020 Upper Augusta residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 1,114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Augusta.

1,020live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

1,114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Augusta goes to work

Sunbury1.6 mi away

10%108

Mahoning10.5 mi away

8%86

Upper Augusta (in town)right here

5%56

Point4.2 mi away

3%34

Northumberland2.5 mi away

3%30

Monroe5.3 mi away

3%30

Milton10.2 mi away

2%26

Ralpho10.6 mi away

2%23

Rockefeller3.5 mi away

2%23

Penn8.4 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%639

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

How far

How far Upper Augusta commutes

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

41%

26%

13%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Augusta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Augusta are

1,170 jobs are based in Upper Augusta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Augusta

1,170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Upper Augusta residents hold

1,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−17%

Jobs based in Upper Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 1,405 → 1,170. 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.