Work & commute · Freemansburg

Work & commute in Freemansburg, PA

Most working residents leave Freemansburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (19%), Allentown (8%) and Bethlehem (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,427 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,405 Freemansburg residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freemansburg.

1,405live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freemansburg goes to work

Bethlehem1.5 mi away

19%270

Allentown7.6 mi away

8%117

Bethlehem2.9 mi away

6%82

Hanover4 mi away

4%60

Upper Macungie15.5 mi away

3%48

Fountain Hill3.4 mi away

3%38

Salisbury5.2 mi away

2%33

Philadelphia44.1 mi away

2%32

Lower Nazareth5.5 mi away

2%31

Hanover5.6 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%690

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

How far

How far Freemansburg commutes

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

58%

17%

13%

12%

58%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freemansburg is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freemansburg are

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

Jobs based in Freemansburg

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Freemansburg residents hold

1,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+34%

Jobs based in Freemansburg, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 339. 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.