Work & commute · Coplay

Work & commute in Coplay, PA

Most working residents leave Coplay for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (12%), Upper Macungie (8%) and Bethlehem (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,725 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,682 Coplay residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 416 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coplay.

1,682live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

416work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coplay goes to work

Allentown5.4 mi away

12%210

Upper Macungie9.8 mi away

8%134

Bethlehem7.4 mi away

8%132

Whitehall1 mi away

7%123

Salisbury6.2 mi away

4%69

South Whitehall4.4 mi away

3%57

Fountain Hill7 mi away

3%53

North Whitehall4.4 mi away

3%51

Philadelphia49.5 mi away

3%45

Coplay (in town)right here

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%808

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

How far

How far Coplay commutes

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

64%

12%

64%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coplay 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 Coplay are

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

Jobs based in Coplay

459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Coplay residents hold

1,725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+17%

Jobs based in Coplay, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 459. 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.