Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Upper Hanover Township are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). 5.0% of residents are in poverty, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. For jobs and income Upper Hanover Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Upper Hanover Township: the gist
Upper Hanover Township trades workers with the towns around it
Upper Hanover Township has about as many jobs (3,859) as working residents (3,956), but they are mostly different people: 3,686 residents leave for work each day while 3,589 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Upper Hanover Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Upper Hanover Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Philadelphia, gets only 8% of working residents, and 65% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Upper Hanover Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Upper Hanover Township makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Upper Hanover Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Upper Hanover Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Upper Hanover Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Upper Hanover Township is Philadelphia, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (328) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Upper Hanover Township works from home
26% of Upper Hanover Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. 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.
Jobs & income in Upper Hanover Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Upper Hanover Township’s grade up ($111,643, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Hanover Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 3,686 residents head out to work, 270 work right here, and 3,589 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 (0.98 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.
8% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Upper Hanover Township clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
44% of the jobs in Upper Hanover Township make or build things
3,859 jobs are based in Upper Hanover Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Hanover Township, 2013 → 2023: 4,317 → 3,859. 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 Hanover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Upper Hanover Township commutes less than 16 miles
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.
About 29 minutes to work from Upper Hanover Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Hanover Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,086 commuters (the 26% 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 commute in Upper Hanover Township is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,185 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). 1.6% of Upper Hanover Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Upper Hanover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,927 U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,800, Upper Hanover Township comes 973rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 54 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 60 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
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| 971 | Wolfforth TX | 8,746 | $106K | 5.9% | 5.2% | 8% | B+ |
| 972 | West Cocalico Township PA | 7,607 | $96K | 12.5% | 2.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 973 | Upper Hanover Township PA | 8,741 | $112K | 5.0% | 6.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 974 | Summit View WA | 8,480 | $109K | 5.3% | 6.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 975 | Cold Spring KY | 6,640 | $75K | 9.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hanover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Upper Hanover Township
The biggest share goes to Milford Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Hanover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Hanover Township | – | B+ | B− | 29 min | $111,643 |
| Milford Township | 2% | A+ | C | 28 min | $125,093 |
| Hereford Township | under 2% | A | C | 32 min | $115,833 |
| Marlborough Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $108,281 |
| Douglass Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 29 min | $118,333 |
| Lower Milford Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 29 min | $123,186 |
| New Hanover Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 32 min | $140,913 |
| Upper Frederick Township | under 2% | A | D− | 28 min | $108,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Hanover 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 Hanover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Hanover Township?
$111,643 (±$11,838) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Hanover Township?
5.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Hanover Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Hanover Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 33 mi), Upper Gwynedd Township (4%, 17 mi), Pennsburg (4%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Hanover Township walkable?
Upper Hanover Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Hanover Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Hanover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Hanover 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.