Work & commute · Bushkill

Work & commute in Bushkill, PA

Most working residents leave Bushkill for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (7%), Allentown (5%) and Nazareth (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

243 of 4,171 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,928 Bushkill residents head out of town to work, 243 work right here, and 883 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bushkill.

3,928live here, work elsewhere

243live and work here

883work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bushkill goes to work

Bethlehem12 mi away

7%288

Bushkill (in town)right here

6%243

Allentown16.2 mi away

5%211

Nazareth4.1 mi away

4%167

Lower Nazareth6.4 mi away

4%152

Hanover9.7 mi away

3%130

Bethlehem9.3 mi away

3%130

Upper Nazareth4.3 mi away

3%123

Forks6.9 mi away

3%119

Easton9.7 mi away

3%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,496

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

How far

How far Bushkill commutes

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

38%

36%

12%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bushkill is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bushkill are

1,126 jobs are based in Bushkill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bushkill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bushkill

1,126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Bushkill residents hold

4,171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+79%

Jobs based in Bushkill, 2013 → 2023: 628 → 1,126. 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.