Work & commute · Upper Salford

Work & commute in Upper Salford, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Salford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (8%), Lower Salford (6%) and Franconia (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,560 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,506 Upper Salford residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Salford.

1,506live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Salford goes to work

Philadelphia25.8 mi away

8%124

Lower Salford3.5 mi away

6%86

Franconia4.7 mi away

5%82

Upper Gwynedd10.3 mi away

4%67

Upper Salford (in town)right here

3%54

Hatfield8.4 mi away

3%50

Upper Merion14.7 mi away

3%44

Towamencin6.8 mi away

3%39

West Rockhill7.2 mi away

3%39

Whitpain13.1 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%941

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

How far

How far Upper Salford commutes

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

39%

40%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Salford is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Salford are

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

Jobs based in Upper Salford

781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Upper Salford residents hold

1,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−13%

Jobs based in Upper Salford, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 781. 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.