Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Upper Makefield Township earn more than in almost any other U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. Below the poverty line: 2.1% of residents, next to 11.7% across Pennsylvania. Jobs and income earn Upper Makefield Township A+; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Upper Makefield Township: the gist
A lot of Upper Makefield Township works from home
37% of Upper Makefield Township workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Upper Makefield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Upper Makefield Township is Philadelphia, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (478) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Upper Makefield Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Makefield Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #26 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($212,768, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%). 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 Makefield Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Getting to work from Upper Makefield Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Makefield Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,693 commuters (the 37% 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 many miles Upper Makefield Township commutes
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.
Who leaves Upper Makefield Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,357 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 988 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Upper Makefield Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
14% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Upper Makefield Township clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Upper Makefield Township: what the 1,168 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Makefield Township, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 1,168. 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 Makefield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Upper Makefield Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Makefield Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #426 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,273 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). 1.0% of Upper Makefield Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Upper Makefield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
100th of 2,878: where Upper Makefield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 6,200 to 11,900
| # | 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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| 53 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Argyle TX | 6,372 | $181K | 1.2% | 3.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 99 | Livonia Township MN | 6,436 | $137K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 100 | Upper Makefield Township PA | 8,848 | $213K | 2.1% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| 101 | Milltown NJ | 7,103 | $141K | 1.2% | 3.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 102 | Montgomery OH | 10,922 | $151K | 3.3% | 2.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | 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 Makefield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
10% of Upper Makefield Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Newtown Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Makefield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Makefield Township | – | A+ | B+ | 27 min | $212,768 |
| Lower Makefield Township | 3% | A | B | 28 min | $175,206 |
| Newtown Township | 5% | A− | A− | 34 min | $147,617 |
| Newtown Grant | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Wrightstown Township | under 2% | A+ | B+ | 30 min | $188,553 |
| Solebury Township | under 2% | A+ | A− | 32 min | $195,962 |
Same-state neighbors only. Newtown Grant: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Makefield 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 Makefield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Makefield Township?
$212,768 (±$26,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Makefield Township?
2.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Makefield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Makefield Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (14%, 22 mi), Newtown Township (5%, 4 mi), Lower Makefield Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Makefield Township walkable?
Upper Makefield Township is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Makefield Township without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Makefield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Makefield 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.