Work & commute · Upper Makefield

Work & commute in Upper Makefield, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Makefield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (14%), Newtown (5%) and Lower Makefield (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 3,537 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,357 Upper Makefield residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 988 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Makefield.

3,357live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

988work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Makefield goes to work

Philadelphia22.5 mi away

14%478

Newtown3.6 mi away

5%189

Upper Makefield (in town)right here

5%180

Lower Makefield6 mi away

3%110

Middletown8.2 mi away

3%106

Bensalem13.1 mi away

2%83

Trenton, NJ10.2 mi away

2%82

Lawrence, NJ11.2 mi away

2%80

West Windsor, NJ16.1 mi away

2%73

Hopewell, NJ7.6 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%2,087

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

How far

How far Upper Makefield commutes

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

32%

35%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Makefield is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Makefield are

1,168 jobs are based in Upper Makefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Makefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Makefield

1,168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Upper Makefield residents hold

3,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+26%

Jobs based in Upper Makefield, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 1,168. 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.