Work & commute · Emmaus

Work & commute in Emmaus, PA

Most working residents leave Emmaus for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (11%), Upper Macungie (7%) and Bethlehem (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

420 of 5,847 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,427 Emmaus residents head out of town to work, 420 work right here, and 4,476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmaus.

5,427live here, work elsewhere

420live and work here

4,476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmaus goes to work

Allentown4.2 mi away

11%623

Upper Macungie7 mi away

7%426

Emmaus (in town)right here

7%420

Bethlehem9.4 mi away

7%386

Lower Macungie3.6 mi away

6%352

Salisbury5.6 mi away

6%328

South Whitehall6.3 mi away

3%204

Philadelphia41.1 mi away

3%155

Upper Saucon4.9 mi away

2%143

Fountain Hill7.2 mi away

2%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,679

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

How far

How far Emmaus commutes

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

60%

16%

13%

10%

60%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmaus is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmaus are

4,896 jobs are based in Emmaus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Emmaus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Emmaus

4,896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Emmaus residents hold

5,847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+1%

Jobs based in Emmaus, 2013 → 2023: 4,856 → 4,896. 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.