Work & commute · Upper Southampton

Work & commute in Upper Southampton, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Southampton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (18%), Warminster (5%) and Bensalem (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

569 of 7,786 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,217 Upper Southampton residents head out of town to work, 569 work right here, and 8,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Southampton.

7,217live here, work elsewhere

569live and work here

8,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Southampton goes to work

Philadelphia12.6 mi away

18%1,436

Upper Southampton (in town)right here

7%569

Warminster3.6 mi away

5%376

Bensalem6.6 mi away

4%336

Lower Southampton2.6 mi away

3%247

Northampton3 mi away

3%221

Horsham7.3 mi away

3%219

Abington6 mi away

3%198

Upper Moreland4 mi away

2%161

Middletown6.6 mi away

2%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,881

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

How far

How far Upper Southampton commutes

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

53%

32%

53%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Southampton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Southampton are

8,735 jobs are based in Upper Southampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Southampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Southampton

8,735 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Upper Southampton residents hold

7,786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+20%

Jobs based in Upper Southampton, 2013 → 2023: 7,281 → 8,735. 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.