Work & commute · Lehigh

Work & commute in Lehigh, PA

Most working residents leave Lehigh for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hazle (12%), Weatherly (9%) and West Hazleton (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 181 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 180 Lehigh residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lehigh.

180live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lehigh goes to work

Hazle13.5 mi away

12%21

Weatherly3.6 mi away

9%16

West Hazleton14.2 mi away

8%14

Hazleton11.4 mi away

7%13

Philadelphia73.2 mi away

3%5

Butler12.7 mi away

2%4

Lausanne3.5 mi away

2%4

New York, NY97.1 mi away

2%3

Jim Thorpe7 mi away

2%3

Bethlehem30.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%95

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

How far

How far Lehigh commutes

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

20%

41%

15%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lehigh is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lehigh are

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

Jobs based in Lehigh

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lehigh residents hold

181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−51%

Jobs based in Lehigh, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 29. 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.