Work & commute · Upper Merion

Work & commute in Upper Merion, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Merion for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (18%), Tredyffrin (7%) and Lower Merion (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

2,761 of 17,660 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,899 Upper Merion residents head out of town to work, 2,761 work right here, and 57,954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Merion.

14,899live here, work elsewhere

2,761live and work here

57,954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Merion goes to work

Philadelphia14.2 mi away

18%3,231

Upper Merion (in town)right here

16%2,761

Tredyffrin4 mi away

7%1,152

Lower Merion6.8 mi away

3%616

Radnor4.6 mi away

3%512

East Whiteland9.6 mi away

2%398

Plymouth4.7 mi away

2%393

Upper Providence7.7 mi away

2%320

Whitpain7.1 mi away

2%285

Conshohocken4.1 mi away

1%222

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%7,770

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

How far

How far Upper Merion commutes

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

51%

39%

51%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Merion is a job hub

3.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Merion are

60,715 jobs are based in Upper Merion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Merion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Merion

60,715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Upper Merion residents hold

17,660 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+9%

Jobs based in Upper Merion, 2013 → 2023: 55,875 → 60,715. 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.