Work & commute · Hellertown

Work & commute in Hellertown, PA

Most working residents leave Hellertown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (12%), Allentown (7%) and Upper Macungie (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

279 of 3,040 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,761 Hellertown residents head out of town to work, 279 work right here, and 1,617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hellertown.

2,761live here, work elsewhere

279live and work here

1,617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hellertown goes to work

Bethlehem3.5 mi away

12%365

Hellertown (in town)right here

9%279

Allentown7.4 mi away

7%206

Upper Macungie15.1 mi away

3%102

Fountain Hill3.4 mi away

3%101

Upper Saucon4.7 mi away

3%85

Bethlehem5.9 mi away

3%84

Philadelphia41 mi away

3%79

Salisbury4.9 mi away

2%73

South Whitehall11.2 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,593

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

How far

How far Hellertown commutes

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

54%

19%

15%

12%

54%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hellertown is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hellertown are

1,896 jobs are based in Hellertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hellertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hellertown

1,896 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hellertown residents hold

3,040 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+23%

Jobs based in Hellertown, 2013 → 2023: 1,544 → 1,896. 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.