Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Bern Township at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Upper Bern Township grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 1% work in Upper Bern Township itself; outside it, Tilden Township draws the most (6%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Upper Bern Township
Stores, warehouses and trucking
80% of the jobs in Upper Bern Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Upper Bern Township is where the jobs are
Upper Bern Township has 1,205 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
40% of the jobs based in Upper Bern Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Upper Bern Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; with 769 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Upper Bern Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Bern Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Upper Bern Township’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Bern Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
What the 1,205 jobs in Upper Bern Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Bern Township, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 1,205. 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 Bern Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Upper Bern Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 759 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 1,195 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Upper Bern Township on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Upper Bern Township live
Where Upper Bern Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Upper Bern Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Bern Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 908 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Upper Bern Township’s workers travel
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.
For most of Upper Bern Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Bern Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Upper Bern Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 960 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Upper Bern Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Bern Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Upper Bern Township is 1,732nd among 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 13 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,730 | Flatrock Township OH | 1,218 | $106K | 8.6% | 10.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,731 | Pine Valley WI | 1,208 | $87K | 3.9% | 1.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,732 | Upper Bern Township PA | 1,613 | $82K | 7.5% | 4.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,733 | Turbot Township PA | 1,794 | $72K | 7.1% | 3.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,734 | Lincoln Township SD | 1,159 | $79K | 11.9% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Bern Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Upper Bern Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Bern Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Bern Township | – | B | C | 27 min | $81,830 |
| Upper Tulpehocken Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 27 min | $90,833 |
| South Manheim Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 34 min | $91,979 |
| Tilden Township | 6% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $80,168 |
| Centre Township | under 2% | A | D | 26 min | $95,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Tilden Township. Darker towns draw more of Upper Bern 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 Bern Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Bern Township?
$81,830 (±$21,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Bern Township?
7.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Bern Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Bern Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tilden Township (6%, 4 mi), Maxatawny Township (5%, 18 mi), Hamburg (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Bern Township walkable?
Upper Bern Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Bern Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Bern Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Bern 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.