Henry Antes House · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Upper Frederick Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. 379 jobs are based in Upper Frederick Township for 1,874 working residents. Upper Frederick Township grades A 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
Work in Upper Frederick Township, in a few figures
Upper Frederick Township is a place people come home to
There are 379 jobs based in Upper Frederick Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Upper Frederick Township has about 2,200 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Upper Frederick Township
73% of Upper Frederick Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Upper Frederick Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Upper Frederick Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Frederick Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #211 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($108,219, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Frederick Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Upper Frederick Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,841 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Upper Frederick Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Most jobs in Upper Frederick Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Frederick Township, 2013 → 2023: 388 → 379. 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 Frederick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
7% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Upper Frederick Township clocks in
7% of workers
3% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, about the PA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Frederick Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,461 commuters (the 21% 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.
Miles to work from Upper Frederick Township
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.
Few in Upper Frederick Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Frederick Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns, #1,031 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Upper Frederick 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 1,848 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 13.5% of Upper Frederick Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Frederick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Frederick Township next to U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000: 567th of 4,318 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 565 | Newton NH | 4,851 | $138K | 7.5% | 2.9% | 4% | A |
| 566 | Lee NH | 4,563 | $132K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| 567 | Upper Frederick Township PA | 3,716 | $108K | 7.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A |
| 568 | Menomonie WI | 3,514 | $93K | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1% | A |
| 569 | Seven Fields PA | 2,864 | $114K | 0.6% | 5.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Frederick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Upper Frederick Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Frederick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Frederick Township | – | A | D− | 28 min | $108,219 |
| Marlborough Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $108,281 |
| New Hanover Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 32 min | $140,913 |
| Lower Frederick Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $116,087 |
| Green Lane | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Upper Hanover Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 29 min | $111,643 |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Lane: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Frederick 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 Frederick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Frederick Township?
$108,219 (±$10,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Frederick Township?
7.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Frederick Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Frederick Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (7%, 29 mi), Upper Gwynedd Township (3%, 14 mi), Lower Salford Township (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Frederick Township walkable?
Upper Frederick Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Frederick Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Frederick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Frederick 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.