Work & commute · Longswamp

Work & commute in Longswamp, PA

Most working residents leave Longswamp for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Macungie (9%), Maxatawny (8%) and Allentown (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

142 of 2,844 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,702 Longswamp residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 954 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Longswamp.

2,702live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

954work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Longswamp goes to work

Upper Macungie5.6 mi away

9%253

Maxatawny5 mi away

8%217

Allentown11.9 mi away

6%175

Longswamp (in town)right here

5%142

Lower Macungie5.7 mi away

4%120

Salisbury14.1 mi away

3%90

South Whitehall10.7 mi away

3%79

Bethlehem18 mi away

2%66

Upper Hanover10.7 mi away

2%58

Topton2.3 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,590

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

How far

How far Longswamp commutes

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

41%

34%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Longswamp is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Longswamp are

1,096 jobs are based in Longswamp. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Longswamp’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Longswamp

1,096 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Longswamp residents hold

2,844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+60%

Jobs based in Longswamp, 2013 → 2023: 683 → 1,096. 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.