Work & commute · Upper Pottsgrove

Work & commute in Upper Pottsgrove, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Pottsgrove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Pottstown (6%) and Upper Merion (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64 of 2,971 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,907 Upper Pottsgrove residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Pottsgrove.

2,907live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

766work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Pottsgrove goes to work

Philadelphia32.6 mi away

7%200

Pottstown2.3 mi away

6%164

Upper Merion19 mi away

5%149

Limerick6.4 mi away

4%119

Tredyffrin17.8 mi away

4%112

Lower Pottsgrove3.1 mi away

4%107

Upper Providence11.2 mi away

3%91

Upper Pottsgrove (in town)right here

2%64

East Whiteland16.9 mi away

2%56

Lower Providence14.8 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,856

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

How far

How far Upper Pottsgrove commutes

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

26%

50%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Pottsgrove is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Pottsgrove are

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

Jobs based in Upper Pottsgrove

830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Upper Pottsgrove residents hold

2,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−19%

Jobs based in Upper Pottsgrove, 2013 → 2023: 1,022 → 830. 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.