Photo: Mike6271 · CC BY-SA 3.0Upper Milford Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Upper Milford Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. There are 1,430 jobs in Upper Milford Township; 3,762 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Upper Milford Township are A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Upper Milford Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Milford Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #100 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Milford Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Upper Milford Township by day
On a workday 3,553 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 1,221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Upper Milford Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
9% of working residents work in Allentown
Where Upper Milford Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Upper Milford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Milford Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,198 → 1,430. 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 Milford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Upper Milford Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Milford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,281 commuters (the 15% 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 in the region Upper Milford Township works
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.
Driving is how Upper Milford Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Milford Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #505 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,848 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 1% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 2.6% of Upper Milford Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Upper Milford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Milford Township next to U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100: 293rd of 2,956 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 291 | Fancy Creek Township IL | 5,806 | $145K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 6% | A |
| 292 | South Londonderry Township PA | 8,940 | $112K | 6.3% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| 293 | Upper Milford Township PA | 8,254 | $110K | 3.5% | 2.9% | 6% | A |
| 294 | Buffalo Township PA | 8,214 | $100K | 4.1% | 0.5% | 9% | A |
| 295 | Rockwood VA | 10,010 | $98K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | 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 Milford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door is work for 21% of Upper Milford Township
The biggest share goes to Lower Macungie Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Milford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Milford Township | – | A | B | 24 min | $110,139 |
| Emmaus | 5% | A− | A− | 27 min | $83,917 |
| Lower Macungie Township | 7% | A+ | B | 27 min | $125,230 |
| Macungie | under 3% | B | A− | 23 min | $75,677 |
| Lower Milford Township | under 3% | A+ | D | 29 min | $123,186 |
| Salisbury Township | 6% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $101,299 |
| Hereford Township | under 3% | A | C | 32 min | $115,833 |
| Upper Saucon Township | 3% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $145,764 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Milford 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 Milford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Milford Township?
$110,139 (±$22,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Milford Township?
3.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Milford Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Milford Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (9%, 7 mi), Lower Macungie Township (7%, 4 mi), Upper Macungie Township (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Milford Township walkable?
Upper Milford Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Milford Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 1% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Milford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Milford 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.