Work & commute · Upper Frankford

Work & commute in Upper Frankford, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Frankford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Carlisle (15%), South Middleton (6%) and Middlesex (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 892 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 882 Upper Frankford residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Frankford.

882live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Frankford goes to work

Carlisle9.1 mi away

15%130

South Middleton12.9 mi away

6%57

Middlesex12.4 mi away

4%39

West Pennsboro4.5 mi away

4%38

Hampden20.4 mi away

4%37

Silver Spring16.4 mi away

4%33

Chambersburg26.3 mi away

2%22

Harrisburg25.6 mi away

2%22

North Middleton8.1 mi away

2%19

Upper Mifflin7.9 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%477

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

How far

How far Upper Frankford commutes

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

30%

35%

18%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Frankford is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Frankford are

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

Jobs based in Upper Frankford

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Upper Frankford residents hold

892 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+54%

Jobs based in Upper Frankford, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 139. 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.