Work & commute · Upper Frederick

Work & commute in Upper Frederick, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Frederick for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Upper Gwynedd (3%) and Lower Salford (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,874 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,841 Upper Frederick residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Frederick.

1,841live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Frederick goes to work

Philadelphia28.7 mi away

7%129

Upper Gwynedd13.5 mi away

3%59

Lower Salford6.7 mi away

3%55

Upper Providence10 mi away

3%50

Upper Merion16.7 mi away

2%46

Skippack8 mi away

2%45

Franconia7.9 mi away

2%45

Tredyffrin17.1 mi away

2%39

Limerick5.6 mi away

2%38

Pottstown8.3 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

71%1,333

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

How far

How far Upper Frederick commutes

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

30%

48%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Frederick is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Frederick are

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

Jobs based in Upper Frederick

379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Upper Frederick residents hold

1,874 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−2%

Jobs based in Upper Frederick, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 379. 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.