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Work & commute · Upper Tulpehocken

Work & commute in Upper Tulpehocken, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Tulpehocken for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bethel (10%), Bethel (3%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
11 of 753 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 742 Upper Tulpehocken residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Tulpehocken.

742live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
429work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Upper Tulpehocken goes to work

West ReadingMyerstownLebanonReadingPhiladelphiaBernUpper BernPine GroveSouth ManheimTulpehockenWayneBethelMuhlenbergPennTildenUpper TulpehockenJacksonBethelJeffersonBethelBethelJacksonReadingTulpehockenMuhlenbergWest ReadingPhiladelphiaTildenBernUpper Tulpehocken
1
Bethel8.5 mi away
10%72
2
Bethel14.2 mi away
3%26
3
Jackson12 mi away
3%20
4
Reading16.8 mi away
2%18
5
Tulpehocken6.6 mi away
2%17
6
Muhlenberg14.5 mi away
2%17
7
West Reading16.3 mi away
2%14
8
Philadelphia64.1 mi away
2%14
9
Tilden7.3 mi away
2%14
10
Bern11.3 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
70%528

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

How far

How far Upper Tulpehocken commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Tulpehocken is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Tulpehocken are

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

Jobs based in Upper Tulpehocken

440 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)60%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)12%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Upper Tulpehocken residents hold

753 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+26%

Jobs based in Upper Tulpehocken, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 440. 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.

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