Work & commute · Easton

Work & commute in Easton, PA

Most working residents leave Easton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (7%), Palmer (6%) and Allentown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,065 of 10,698 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,633 Easton residents head out of town to work, 1,065 work right here, and 5,705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Easton.

9,633live here, work elsewhere

1,065live and work here

5,705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Easton goes to work

Easton (in town)right here

10%1,065

Bethlehem8.9 mi away

7%745

Palmer2.5 mi away

6%629

Allentown15.1 mi away

4%455

Bethlehem5.2 mi away

4%396

Forks3.4 mi away

4%391

Philadelphia47 mi away

3%353

Lower Nazareth5.6 mi away

3%275

Upper Macungie22.8 mi away

2%245

Hanover9.4 mi away

2%244

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%5,900

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

How far

How far Easton commutes

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

41%

25%

16%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Easton is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Easton are

6,770 jobs are based in Easton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Easton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Easton

6,770 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Easton residents hold

10,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+20%

Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 5,625 → 6,770. 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.