Work & commute · Upper Providence

Work & commute in Upper Providence, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Providence for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (23%), Media (4%) and Upper Merion (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

181 of 5,083 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,902 Upper Providence residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 2,910 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Providence.

4,902live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

2,910work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Providence goes to work

Philadelphia15.1 mi away

23%1,171

Media1.3 mi away

4%183

Upper Providence (in town)right here

4%181

Upper Merion10.7 mi away

3%169

Middletown2.2 mi away

3%165

Lower Merion9.1 mi away

3%153

Tredyffrin9.5 mi away

3%129

Newtown3.9 mi away

2%111

Radnor6.2 mi away

2%102

Upper Darby6 mi away

2%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,621

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.

44%

45%

44%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Providence is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Providence are

3,091 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

3,091 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Upper Providence residents hold

5,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+24%

Jobs based in Upper Providence, 2013 → 2023: 2,498 → 3,091. 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.