Work & commute · Upper Providence

Work & commute in Upper Providence, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Providence for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Upper Merion (7%) and Tredyffrin (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,111 of 11,973 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,862 Upper Providence residents head out of town to work, 1,111 work right here, and 16,234 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Providence.

10,862live here, work elsewhere

1,111live and work here

16,234work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Providence goes to work

Upper Providence (in town)right here

9%1,111

Philadelphia21.6 mi away

7%872

Upper Merion7.7 mi away

7%869

Tredyffrin7.2 mi away

7%791

Limerick5.1 mi away

3%389

East Whiteland9 mi away

3%352

Lower Providence3.9 mi away

3%338

Skippack4.8 mi away

2%252

Upper Gwynedd10.8 mi away

2%246

Lower Merion14.5 mi away

2%216

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%6,537

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

How far

How far Upper Providence commutes

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

47%

38%

47%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Providence is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Providence are

17,345 jobs are based in Upper Providence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Providence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Providence

17,345 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Upper Providence residents hold

11,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+33%

Jobs based in Upper Providence, 2013 → 2023: 13,090 → 17,345. 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.