Work & commute · Hereford

Work & commute in Hereford, PA

Most working residents leave Hereford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Hanover (5%), Upper Macungie (4%) and Allentown (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 1,503 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

37%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,447 Hereford residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hereford.

1,447live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hereford goes to work

Upper Hanover5.4 mi away

5%74

Upper Macungie8.9 mi away

4%57

Hereford (in town)right here

4%56

Allentown11.6 mi away

3%46

Lower Macungie6.1 mi away

2%37

South Whitehall12.2 mi away

2%35

Longswamp5.4 mi away

2%34

Douglass7.1 mi away

2%28

Maxatawny10.3 mi away

2%27

Emmaus7.6 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

72%1,083

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

How far

How far Hereford commutes

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

35%

42%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hereford is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hereford are

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

Jobs based in Hereford

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hereford residents hold

1,503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+41%

Jobs based in Hereford, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 349. 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.