Work & commute · Lehighton

Work & commute in Lehighton, PA

Most working residents leave Lehighton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (6%), Mahoning (4%) and Franklin (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

238 of 2,301 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,063 Lehighton residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 2,154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lehighton.

2,063live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

2,154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lehighton goes to work

Lehighton (in town)right here

10%238

Allentown20.4 mi away

6%131

Mahoning2.8 mi away

4%97

Franklin3.4 mi away

4%88

Upper Macungie18.5 mi away

3%78

Bethlehem22.9 mi away

3%68

Philadelphia64.3 mi away

3%61

Palmerton5.4 mi away

2%53

Salisbury21.9 mi away

2%50

South Whitehall17 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%1,389

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

How far

How far Lehighton commutes

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

29%

39%

15%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lehighton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lehighton are

2,392 jobs are based in Lehighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lehighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lehighton

2,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lehighton residents hold

2,301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−3%

Jobs based in Lehighton, 2013 → 2023: 2,459 → 2,392. 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.