Work & commute · Catasauqua

Work & commute in Catasauqua, PA

Most working residents leave Catasauqua for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (10%), Bethlehem (10%) and Upper Macungie (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

79 of 3,109 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,030 Catasauqua residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catasauqua.

3,030live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catasauqua goes to work

Allentown4.3 mi away

10%316

Bethlehem5.2 mi away

10%312

Upper Macungie10.4 mi away

6%193

Whitehall2.3 mi away

4%131

Hanover3.5 mi away

4%126

Hanover1 mi away

3%102

Salisbury4.3 mi away

3%91

Fountain Hill4.9 mi away

3%88

South Whitehall5 mi away

3%86

Philadelphia47.8 mi away

3%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,580

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

How far

How far Catasauqua commutes

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

59%

13%

14%

13%

59%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catasauqua is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Catasauqua are

1,033 jobs are based in Catasauqua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Catasauqua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Catasauqua

1,033 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Catasauqua residents hold

3,109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+35%

Jobs based in Catasauqua, 2013 → 2023: 767 → 1,033. 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.