Photo: Badagnani · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Allen Township’s household incomes are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.7 in Philadelphia. Poverty touches 4.3% of residents, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. For jobs and income Upper Allen Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Upper Allen Township: the gist
Upper Allen Township draws workers from far and wide
The 7,511 jobs in Upper Allen Township are filled from a wide area. Upper Allen Township’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 65% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Upper Allen Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker, and quicker than any town next door (22 to 27 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Upper Allen Township’s Jobs & income grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Upper Allen Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Allen Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
10% of working residents work in Harrisburg
Where Upper Allen Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Upper Allen Township, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Allen Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,124 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Upper Allen Township
On a workday 8,369 residents head out to work, 646 work right here, and 6,865 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Upper Allen Township’s 7,511 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Allen Township, 2013 → 2023: 6,841 → 7,511. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Allen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Upper Allen Township goes to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Upper Allen Township
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 11,212 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 21% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Upper Allen Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Allen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Upper Allen Township ranks: 260th of 1,642 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 33,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 5 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 11 | West Whiteland Township PA | 20,826 | $133K | 3.0% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | South Fayette Township PA | 18,648 | $124K | 3.6% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 258 | Brookfield CT | 18,566 | $148K | 4.1% | 3.5% | 14% | A |
| 259 | Acton MA | 24,786 | $158K | 3.4% | 4.7% | 10% | A |
| 260 | Upper Allen Township PA | 24,700 | $99K | 4.3% | 2.7% | 7% | A |
| 261 | Rocky River OH | 21,397 | $94K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A |
| 262 | Foster City CA | 32,411 | $199K | 4.1% | 4.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,642 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Upper Allen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Upper Allen Township
The biggest share goes to Lower Allen Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Allen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Allen Township | – | A | A | 19 min | $99,197 |
| Monaghan Township | under 3% | A | C | 25 min | $111,304 |
| Mechanicsburg | 3% | A | A− | 25 min | $84,421 |
| Carroll Township | under 3% | A | B− | 27 min | $118,929 |
| Monroe Township | under 3% | A | C | 24 min | $124,443 |
| Lower Allen Township | 6% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $91,678 |
| Fairview Township | under 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $106,223 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Allen Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Upper Allen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Allen Township?
$99,197 (±$9,095) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Allen Township?
4.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Allen Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Allen Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harrisburg (10%, 8 mi), Hampden Township (7%, 6 mi), Lower Allen Township (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Allen Township walkable?
Upper Allen Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Allen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Allen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Allen Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.