Work & commute · Jim Thorpe

Work & commute in Jim Thorpe, PA

Most working residents leave Jim Thorpe for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (5%), Lehighton (4%) and Nesquehoning (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

357 of 1,950 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,593 Jim Thorpe residents head out of town to work, 357 work right here, and 969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jim Thorpe.

1,593live here, work elsewhere

357live and work here

969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jim Thorpe goes to work

Jim Thorpe (in town)right here

18%357

Allentown24 mi away

5%92

Lehighton3.7 mi away

4%70

Nesquehoning2.8 mi away

3%54

Upper Macungie21.5 mi away

2%48

North Whitehall16.1 mi away

2%48

Bethlehem26.7 mi away

2%47

Fountain Hill26.6 mi away

2%39

Kidder15.4 mi away

2%35

Mahoning3.4 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,125

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

How far

How far Jim Thorpe commutes

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

33%

30%

18%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jim Thorpe is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jim Thorpe are

1,326 jobs are based in Jim Thorpe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jim Thorpe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jim Thorpe

1,326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Jim Thorpe residents hold

1,950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+66%

Jobs based in Jim Thorpe, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 1,326. 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.