Work & commute · Upper Uwchlan

Work & commute in Upper Uwchlan, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Uwchlan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tredyffrin (10%), Philadelphia (9%) and Uwchlan (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

288 of 6,177 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,889 Upper Uwchlan residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 3,194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Uwchlan.

5,889live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

3,194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Uwchlan goes to work

Tredyffrin13.6 mi away

10%634

Philadelphia30.7 mi away

9%553

Uwchlan2.9 mi away

6%396

Upper Uwchlan (in town)right here

5%288

Upper Merion17.2 mi away

4%274

East Whiteland8.4 mi away

4%265

West Whiteland6.1 mi away

4%238

West Goshen9.5 mi away

3%204

Upper Providence13 mi away

2%116

Newtown16.8 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,095

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

How far

How far Upper Uwchlan commutes

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

32%

40%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Uwchlan is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Uwchlan are

3,482 jobs are based in Upper Uwchlan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Uwchlan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Uwchlan

3,482 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Upper Uwchlan residents hold

6,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+31%

Jobs based in Upper Uwchlan, 2013 → 2023: 2,650 → 3,482. 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.