Work & commute · Upper Hanover

Work & commute in Upper Hanover, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Hanover for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Upper Gwynedd (4%) and Pennsburg (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

270 of 3,956 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,686 Upper Hanover residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 3,589 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Hanover.

3,686live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

3,589work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Hanover goes to work

Philadelphia32.9 mi away

8%328

Upper Hanover (in town)right here

7%270

Upper Gwynedd17.1 mi away

4%146

Pennsburg0.8 mi away

4%143

Lower Salford10.5 mi away

3%104

West Rockhill8.8 mi away

2%94

Franconia9.9 mi away

2%93

Milford5.8 mi away

2%83

Hatfield13.9 mi away

2%75

Whitpain20.1 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%2,556

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

How far

How far Upper Hanover commutes

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

29%

44%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Hanover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Hanover are

3,859 jobs are based in Upper Hanover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Hanover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Hanover

3,859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Upper Hanover residents hold

3,956 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−11%

Jobs based in Upper Hanover, 2013 → 2023: 4,317 → 3,859. 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.