Work & commute · Fountain Hill

Work & commute in Fountain Hill, PA

Most working residents leave Fountain Hill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (18%), Allentown (11%) and Upper Macungie (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 2,278 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,163 Fountain Hill residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 10,341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fountain Hill.

2,163live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

10,341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fountain Hill goes to work

Bethlehem2.2 mi away

18%401

Allentown4.4 mi away

11%246

Fountain Hill (in town)right here

5%115

Upper Macungie12.2 mi away

4%102

Philadelphia43.3 mi away

3%73

Bethlehem6 mi away

3%73

Salisbury1.8 mi away

3%70

Hanover4.4 mi away

3%68

Hanover4.1 mi away

2%51

Upper Saucon4.5 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,031

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

How far

How far Fountain Hill commutes

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

58%

14%

15%

13%

58%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fountain Hill is a job hub

4.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fountain Hill are

10,456 jobs are based in Fountain Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fountain Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fountain Hill

10,456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Fountain Hill residents hold

2,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+71%

Jobs based in Fountain Hill, 2013 → 2023: 6,098 → 10,456. 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.