Work & commute · Upper Milford

Work & commute in Upper Milford, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Milford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (9%), Lower Macungie (7%) and Upper Macungie (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

209 of 3,762 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,553 Upper Milford residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 1,221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Milford.

3,553live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

1,221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Milford goes to work

Allentown7.3 mi away

9%357

Lower Macungie3.6 mi away

7%253

Upper Macungie7.5 mi away

7%245

Salisbury8.6 mi away

6%222

Bethlehem12.2 mi away

6%217

Upper Milford (in town)right here

6%209

Emmaus3.1 mi away

5%180

South Whitehall8.8 mi away

3%123

Upper Saucon6.8 mi away

3%119

Philadelphia39.3 mi away

3%95

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,742

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

How far

How far Upper Milford commutes

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

54%

23%

14%

54%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Milford is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Milford are

1,430 jobs are based in Upper Milford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Milford

1,430 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Upper Milford residents hold

3,762 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+19%

Jobs based in Upper Milford, 2013 → 2023: 1,198 → 1,430. 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.