Work & commute · Allentown

Work & commute in Allentown, NJ

Most working residents leave Allentown for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hamilton (9%), New York (7%) and Robbinsville (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 926 Allentown residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 789 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allentown.

926live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

789work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allentown goes to work

Hamilton4.9 mi away

9%87

Allentown (in town)right here

7%73

New York, NY47.9 mi away

7%72

Robbinsville3.1 mi away

5%46

West Windsor8 mi away

4%42

Princeton13.1 mi away

3%29

Lawrence10.6 mi away

3%25

Edison25.8 mi away

3%25

South Brunswick14.7 mi away

2%23

New Brunswick22.6 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%556

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Allentown commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

29%

30%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allentown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Allentown are

862 jobs are based in Allentown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allentown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allentown

862 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Allentown residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+53%

Jobs based in Allentown, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 862. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.