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Work & commute · East Bethlehem

Work & commute in East Bethlehem, PA

Most working residents leave East Bethlehem for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (5%), Pittsburgh (4%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
34 of 811 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 777 East Bethlehem residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Bethlehem.

777live here, work elsewhere
34live and work here
121work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where East Bethlehem goes to work

ClarksvilleMasontownWashingtonDeemstonCaliforniaCentervillePittsburghNorth StrabaneEast BethlehemFranklinCumberlandJeffersonMorganCecilWest BethlehemMenallenChartiersLuzerneAaronsburgMillsboroFredericktownFranklinPittsburghWashingtonNorth StrabaneCentervilleDeemstonCaliforniaCecilChartiersEast Bethlehem
1
Franklin12.2 mi away
5%39
2
Pittsburgh30.6 mi away
4%34
3
East Bethlehem (in town)right here
4%34
4
Washington17.1 mi away
3%26
5
North Strabane17.3 mi away
3%24
6
Centerville4.1 mi away
3%22
7
Deemston2.1 mi away
2%17
8
California7.5 mi away
2%17
9
Cecil23.4 mi away
2%17
10
Chartiers21.2 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
70%564

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

How far

How far East Bethlehem commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

East Bethlehem is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Bethlehem are

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

Jobs based in East Bethlehem

155 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs East Bethlehem residents hold

811 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−35%

Jobs based in East Bethlehem, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 155. 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.

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