Bergy Bridge Historic District · Photo: Smallbones · CC0Upper Salford Township has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 3.6% of residents; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Upper Salford Township grades A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Upper Salford Township; the top destination outside it is Philadelphia (8%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Upper Salford Township and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Upper Salford Township
72% of Upper Salford Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Upper Salford Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
51% of the jobs in Upper Salford Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Upper Salford Township’s 25-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 32 minutes. Next door ↓
Upper Salford Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Upper Salford Township is Philadelphia, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (124) 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.
Why Upper Salford Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Upper Salford Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #30 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Upper Salford Township’s grade. 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 Salford Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Jobs in Upper Salford Township: what the 781 are
781 jobs are based in Upper Salford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Upper Salford Township, 2013 → 2023: 893 → 781. 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 Salford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Upper Salford Township, by distance
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.
Upper Salford Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,506 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Upper Salford Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
Where Upper Salford Township’s working residents head each day
Where Upper Salford Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Upper Salford Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upper Salford Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,597 commuters (the 12% 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.
Upper Salford Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Upper Salford Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #824 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,809 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). 3.0% of Upper Salford Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Upper Salford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Upper Salford Township is 105th of 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 18 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | West Pikeland Township PA | 4,045 | $226K | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 104 | Pelican Marsh FL | 2,617 | $143K | 2.7% | 1.5% | 6% | A+ |
| 105 | Upper Salford Township PA | 3,182 | $139K | 3.6% | 2.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 106 | Lake Success NY | 2,849 | $244K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 107 | St. Hedwig TX | 2,404 | $147K | 3.3% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Salford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work next door: 11% of Upper Salford Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lower Salford Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upper Salford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Salford Township | – | A+ | C | 25 min | $138,600 |
| Lower Frederick Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $116,087 |
| Salford Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 28 min | $125,658 |
| Lower Salford Township | 6% | A | B | 29 min | $146,481 |
| Marlborough Township | under 3% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $108,281 |
| Franconia Township | 5% | A | A− | 30 min | $111,426 |
| Perkiomen Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 29 min | $153,750 |
| Spring Mount | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Skippack Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 30 min | $147,979 |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Mount: 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 Salford 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 Salford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Upper Salford Township?
$138,600 (±$34,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Upper Salford Township?
3.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upper Salford Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upper Salford Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (8%, 26 mi), Lower Salford Township (6%, 4 mi), Franconia Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Upper Salford Township walkable?
Upper Salford Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Upper Salford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Upper Salford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upper Salford 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.