Work & commute · Kutztown

Work & commute in Kutztown, PA

Most working residents leave Kutztown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Maxatawny (13%), Upper Macungie (7%) and Allentown (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

177 of 2,047 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,870 Kutztown residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 1,057 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kutztown.

1,870live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

1,057work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kutztown goes to work

Maxatawny1.7 mi away

13%269

Kutztown (in town)right here

9%177

Upper Macungie8.7 mi away

7%145

Allentown16.5 mi away

4%80

Reading14.8 mi away

3%68

Lower Macungie11 mi away

3%53

Bethlehem22.7 mi away

2%50

Salisbury19 mi away

2%47

South Whitehall13.9 mi away

2%36

Weisenberg6.7 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,089

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

How far

How far Kutztown commutes

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

35%

37%

17%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kutztown is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kutztown are

1,234 jobs are based in Kutztown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kutztown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kutztown

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Kutztown residents hold

2,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−23%

Jobs based in Kutztown, 2013 → 2023: 1,613 → 1,234. 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.