Work & commute · Upper Dublin

Work & commute in Upper Dublin, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Dublin for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (23%), Horsham (4%) and Abington (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,004 of 13,144 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,140 Upper Dublin residents head out of town to work, 1,004 work right here, and 17,967 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Dublin.

12,140live here, work elsewhere

1,004live and work here

17,967work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Dublin goes to work

Philadelphia10.2 mi away

23%3,039

Upper Dublin (in town)right here

8%1,004

Horsham3.3 mi away

4%491

Abington4.3 mi away

4%487

Upper Merion11.5 mi away

3%331

Whitpain5.3 mi away

2%328

Whitemarsh4.7 mi away

2%306

Upper Moreland4 mi away

2%279

Tredyffrin15.5 mi away

2%273

Upper Gwynedd7 mi away

2%269

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%6,337

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

How far

How far Upper Dublin commutes

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

48%

40%

48%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Dublin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Dublin are

18,971 jobs are based in Upper Dublin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Dublin

18,971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Upper Dublin residents hold

13,144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+12%

Jobs based in Upper Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 16,921 → 18,971. 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.