Work & commute · Upper Moreland

Work & commute in Upper Moreland, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Moreland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (20%), Horsham (5%) and Abington (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,008 of 13,752 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,744 Upper Moreland residents head out of town to work, 1,008 work right here, and 12,495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Moreland.

12,744live here, work elsewhere

1,008live and work here

12,495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Moreland goes to work

Philadelphia10.3 mi away

20%2,716

Upper Moreland (in town)right here

7%1,008

Horsham4.4 mi away

5%749

Abington3.1 mi away

4%618

Warminster3.2 mi away

3%478

Upper Dublin4 mi away

3%423

Bensalem9.2 mi away

2%325

Upper Merion15.3 mi away

2%317

Warrington7 mi away

2%221

Plymouth10.6 mi away

2%214

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%6,683

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

How far

How far Upper Moreland commutes

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

50%

38%

50%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Moreland 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 Moreland are

13,503 jobs are based in Upper Moreland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Moreland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Moreland

13,503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Upper Moreland residents hold

13,752 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−12%

Jobs based in Upper Moreland, 2013 → 2023: 15,315 → 13,503. 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.