Upper Darby is a medium-sized town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 43,758 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Upper Darby is the largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Upper Darby is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Upper Darby is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Upper Darby who work in sales jobs (11.44%), office and administrative support (11.28%), and healthcare suport services (9.76%). Also of interest is that Upper Darby has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In Upper Darby, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit. In addition, the town is also quite pedestrian-friendly, because many neighborhoods are very dense and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. Many people in Upper Darby take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the town, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Upper Darby citizens for affordable transportation.The education level of Upper Darby citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.15% of adults in Upper Darby have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Upper Darby in 2022 was $27,861, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,444 for a family of four. However, Upper Darby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Upper Darby is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Upper Darby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Upper Darby residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Upper Darby also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Upper Darby include Irish, African, German, Italian, and Haitian. Upper Darby also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 34.12%. The most common language spoken in Upper Darby is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
