Photo: Dincher · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Upper Fairfield Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Upper Fairfield Township itself; outside it, Williamsport draws the most (23%, 10 miles). There are 112 jobs in Upper Fairfield Township; 881 of its residents have a job. Upper Fairfield Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Upper Fairfield Township at work: what stands out
Upper Fairfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Upper Fairfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Upper Fairfield Township has about 1,000 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Upper Fairfield Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. 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; with 881 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Upper Fairfield Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Upper Fairfield Township is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Upper Fairfield Township’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Upper Fairfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Upper Fairfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Upper Fairfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 861 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Upper Fairfield Township on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Upper Fairfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Fairfield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 689 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where Upper Fairfield Township’s working residents head each day
Where Upper Fairfield Township clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Upper Fairfield Township: what the 112 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Fairfield Township, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 112. 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 Fairfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Upper Fairfield Township commutes
About 23% 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.
Most of Upper Fairfield Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Fairfield Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Upper Fairfield 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 778 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). 4.7% of Upper Fairfield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Fairfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Fairfield Township is 1,497th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 34 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,495 | Detroit Township MN | 1,974 | $94K | 9.6% | 2.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,496 | Camden Township OH | 1,513 | $60K | 4.7% | 2.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,497 | Upper Fairfield Township PA | 1,798 | $79K | 6.1% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,498 | Gilpin Township PA | 2,333 | $73K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,499 | New Market TN | 1,431 | $72K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | 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 Fairfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 19% of Upper Fairfield Township
The biggest share goes to Loyalsock Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Fairfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Fairfield Township | – | B | D | 20 min | $79,423 |
| Eldred Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $99,464 |
| Loyalsock Township | 10% | C | B+ | 15 min | $59,491 |
| Muncy Township | 3% | B+ | B | 24 min | $85,714 |
| Fairfield Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $73,409 |
| Mill Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Plunketts Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mill Creek Township and Plunketts Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Fairfield 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 Fairfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Fairfield Township?
$79,423 (±$9,776) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Fairfield Township?
6.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Fairfield Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Fairfield Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamsport (23%, 10 mi), Loyalsock Township (10%, 7 mi), Montoursville (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Fairfield Township walkable?
Upper Fairfield Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Fairfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Fairfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Fairfield 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.