Work & commute · Coaldale

Work & commute in Coaldale, PA

Most working residents leave Coaldale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tamaqua (6%), Hazle (5%) and Rush (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 950 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 935 Coaldale residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coaldale.

935live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coaldale goes to work

Tamaqua1.2 mi away

6%56

Hazle10.9 mi away

5%45

Rush3.5 mi away

4%41

Lehighton10.4 mi away

3%31

Hazleton9.5 mi away

3%29

Nesquehoning6.4 mi away

3%28

Upper Macungie23.1 mi away

2%21

Philadelphia69.5 mi away

2%19

West Penn5.9 mi away

2%19

Jim Thorpe7.8 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%643

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

How far

How far Coaldale commutes

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

30%

27%

19%

23%

30%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coaldale is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coaldale are

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

Jobs based in Coaldale

231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Coaldale residents hold

950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−37%

Jobs based in Coaldale, 2013 → 2023: 364 → 231. 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.