Idlewild · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Upper Providence Township’s household incomes are higher than in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Upper Providence Township A; getting around on foot earns it A. 1.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.9 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 37.7 in Philadelphia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Upper Providence Township apart on work
Upper Providence Township and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Upper Providence Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Upper Providence Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Three in four Upper Providence Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Upper Providence Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Upper Providence Township is services
85% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 8% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Upper Providence Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Providence Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #82 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The poverty rate holds Upper Providence Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Upper Providence Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
23% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Upper Providence Township clocks in
23% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Upper Providence Township
3,091 jobs are based in Upper Providence Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Providence Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,498 → 3,091. 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 Providence Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Upper Providence Township
On a workday 4,902 residents head out to work, 181 work right here, and 2,910 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,900 people are in Upper Providence Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Upper Providence Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Providence Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,428 commuters (the 22% 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 Providence 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.
In Upper Providence Township, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Providence Township is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #236 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 8.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,680 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% 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 3.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 4.2% of Upper Providence Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Upper Providence Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Upper Providence Township comes 224th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
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| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
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| 222 | Prospect CT | 9,638 | $126K | 3.2% | 3.3% | 7% | A |
| 223 | Medway MA | 13,804 | $174K | 3.3% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 224 | Upper Providence Township PA | 10,861 | $151K | 1.8% | 4.5% | 4% | A |
| 225 | East Whittier CA | 9,990 | $114K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 2% | A |
| 226 | Worthington OH | 14,543 | $127K | 3.2% | 3.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Providence Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Upper Providence Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Media (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Providence Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Providence Township | – | A | A | 28 min | $150,563 |
| Middletown Township | 3% | A+ | A | 30 min | $129,300 |
| Marple Township | under 2% | A | A− | 27 min | $123,844 |
| Edgmont Township | under 2% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $136,964 |
| Media | 4% | A | A+ | 25 min | $89,092 |
| Nether Providence Township | under 2% | A | A | 31 min | $150,950 |
| Newtown Township | 2% | A+ | A− | 25 min | $121,350 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | A+ | A | 28 min | $138,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upper Providence 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 Providence Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Providence Township?
$150,563 (±$24,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Providence Township?
1.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Providence Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Providence Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (23%, 15 mi), Media (4%, 1 mi), Upper Merion Township (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Providence Township walkable?
Upper Providence Township is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Providence Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Providence Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Providence 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.