Work & commute · Upper Oxford

Work & commute in Upper Oxford, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Oxford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (5%), West Goshen (3%) and Lower Oxford (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,151 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,105 Upper Oxford residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Oxford.

1,105live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Oxford goes to work

Philadelphia45.2 mi away

5%56

Upper Oxford (in town)right here

4%46

West Goshen21.3 mi away

3%38

Lower Oxford2.9 mi away

3%32

Oxford4.1 mi away

3%30

Penn4.7 mi away

3%29

London Grove7.6 mi away

2%23

Kennett14.7 mi away

2%22

East Marlborough12.8 mi away

2%21

Kennett Square13.1 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

73%835

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

How far

How far Upper Oxford commutes

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

25%

35%

28%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Oxford is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Oxford are

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

Jobs based in Upper Oxford

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Upper Oxford residents hold

1,151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

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Jobs based in Upper Oxford, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 296. 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.