Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, PA

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (9%), Allentown (7%) and Hanover (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,494 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,441 Bath residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 487 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

1,441live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

487work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Bethlehem7.2 mi away

9%129

Allentown10.4 mi away

7%111

Hanover4.3 mi away

4%65

Bethlehem6 mi away

4%63

Bath (in town)right here

4%53

Upper Macungie16.5 mi away

4%53

Lower Nazareth3.9 mi away

3%45

Salisbury9.4 mi away

2%37

Upper Nazareth3 mi away

2%36

Philadelphia51.6 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%867

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

48%

23%

14%

15%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

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

Jobs based in Bath

540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bath residents hold

1,494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−19%

Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 664 → 540. 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.