Work & commute · Upper Fairfield

Work & commute in Upper Fairfield, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Fairfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsport (23%), Loyalsock (10%) and Montoursville (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 881 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 861 Upper Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Fairfield.

861live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Fairfield goes to work

Williamsport10 mi away

23%207

Loyalsock6.7 mi away

10%85

Montoursville5.1 mi away

6%54

Fairfield3.3 mi away

4%35

Muncy5 mi away

3%23

South Williamsport8.9 mi away

2%22

Upper Fairfield (in town)right here

2%20

Mahoning27.6 mi away

2%19

Clinton7.1 mi away

2%18

Eldred4.9 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%381

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

How far

How far Upper Fairfield commutes

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

50%

18%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Fairfield is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Fairfield are

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

Jobs based in Upper Fairfield

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Upper Fairfield residents hold

881 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+559%

Jobs based in Upper Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 112. 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.