Work & commute · Allen

Work & commute in Allen, PA

Most working residents leave Allen for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (11%), Bethlehem (8%) and Upper Macungie (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 2,715 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,649 Allen residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 2,579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allen.

2,649live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

2,579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allen goes to work

Allentown7.9 mi away

11%310

Bethlehem8.5 mi away

8%221

Upper Macungie12 mi away

5%140

South Whitehall6.8 mi away

4%106

Northampton1.4 mi away

4%104

Fountain Hill8.8 mi away

4%96

Hanover5.6 mi away

3%88

Lower Macungie12.8 mi away

3%78

Salisbury8.3 mi away

3%77

Whitehall3.6 mi away

3%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,418

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

How far

How far Allen commutes

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

53%

21%

12%

15%

53%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Allen are

2,645 jobs are based in Allen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allen

2,645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Allen residents hold

2,715 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+229%

Jobs based in Allen, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 2,645. 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.