Work & commute · Upper Chichester

Work & commute in Upper Chichester, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Chichester for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (15%), Concord (4%) and Aston (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

511 of 8,082 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,571 Upper Chichester residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 4,805 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Chichester.

7,571live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

4,805work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Chichester goes to work

Philadelphia19.9 mi away

15%1,250

Upper Chichester (in town)right here

6%511

Concord4.3 mi away

4%324

Aston2 mi away

3%260

Chester3.7 mi away

3%213

Middletown4.7 mi away

2%201

Ridley6.8 mi away

2%177

Wilmington, DE8.9 mi away

2%162

West Goshen12.2 mi away

2%158

Tredyffrin15.4 mi away

2%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,669

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

How far

How far Upper Chichester commutes

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

41%

44%

41%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Chichester is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Chichester are

5,316 jobs are based in Upper Chichester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Chichester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Chichester

5,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Upper Chichester residents hold

8,082 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+16%

Jobs based in Upper Chichester, 2013 → 2023: 4,564 → 5,316. 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.