With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Upper Oxford Township works elsewhere
Upper Oxford Township has 296 jobs for 1,151 working residents. The two grades for Upper Oxford Township are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Measured by household income, Upper Oxford Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Upper Oxford Township
Income, poverty and work: Upper Oxford Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Oxford Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #299 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income is its strongest input ($114,688, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). 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 Oxford Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Who leaves Upper Oxford Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,105 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Upper Oxford Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
5% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Upper Oxford Township clocks in
5% 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.
In Upper Oxford Township, 55% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Oxford Township, 2013 → 2023: 295 → 296. 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 Oxford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Upper Oxford Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Oxford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,032 commuters (the 23% 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 far it is to work from Upper Oxford 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 Oxford Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Oxford Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #637 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,348 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). 4.9% of Upper Oxford Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Oxford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Upper Oxford Township is 766th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 764 | Isanti Township MN | 2,350 | $98K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| 765 | Hopewell Township OH | 3,200 | $106K | 7.7% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 766 | Upper Oxford Township PA | 2,595 | $115K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 4% | A− |
| 767 | Picacho Hills NM | 2,002 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| 768 | Telluride CO | 2,454 | $102K | 0.6% | 1.4% | 51% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Oxford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Upper Oxford Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lower Oxford Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Oxford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Oxford Township | – | A− | B− | 30 min | $114,688 |
| Lower Oxford Township | 3% | B | A | 22 min | $109,875 |
| Colerain Township | under 2% | B | B− | 26 min | $82,788 |
| Penn Township | 3% | A+ | C+ | 35 min | $136,250 |
| Londonderry Township | under 2% | A | C− | 37 min | $122,841 |
| Sadsbury Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $92,917 |
| West Fallowfield Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 28 min | $92,708 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Oxford 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 Oxford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Oxford Township?
$114,688 (±$17,894) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Oxford Township?
6.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Oxford Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Oxford Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (5%, 45 mi), West Goshen Township (3%, 21 mi), Lower Oxford Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Oxford Township walkable?
Upper Oxford Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Oxford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Oxford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Oxford 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.