Work & commute · Heidelberg

Work & commute in Heidelberg, PA

Most working residents leave Heidelberg for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Macungie (11%), Allentown (9%) and Lower Macungie (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

112 of 1,694 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,582 Heidelberg residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heidelberg.

1,582live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heidelberg goes to work

Upper Macungie10.2 mi away

11%182

Allentown13.9 mi away

9%152

Heidelberg (in town)right here

7%112

Lower Macungie13.7 mi away

5%84

South Whitehall10 mi away

5%83

North Whitehall6.6 mi away

5%77

Salisbury16 mi away

4%66

Bethlehem18.2 mi away

3%53

Whitehall10.8 mi away

2%36

Weisenberg7 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%816

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

How far

How far Heidelberg commutes

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

28%

48%

11%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heidelberg is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Heidelberg are

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

Jobs based in Heidelberg

804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Heidelberg residents hold

1,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+12%

Jobs based in Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 804. 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.