Work & commute · Lower Macungie

Work & commute in Lower Macungie, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Macungie for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (11%), Upper Macungie (10%) and Salisbury (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,257 of 14,996 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,739 Lower Macungie residents head out of town to work, 1,257 work right here, and 12,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Macungie.

13,739live here, work elsewhere

1,257live and work here

12,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Macungie goes to work

Allentown6.3 mi away

11%1,605

Upper Macungie3.9 mi away

10%1,527

Lower Macungie (in town)right here

8%1,257

Salisbury8.5 mi away

6%899

Bethlehem12.3 mi away

5%765

South Whitehall6.1 mi away

5%734

Emmaus3.6 mi away

3%409

Philadelphia42.8 mi away

3%396

Upper Saucon8.5 mi away

2%348

Fountain Hill10.2 mi away

2%261

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%6,795

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

How far

How far Lower Macungie commutes

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

53%

20%

15%

11%

53%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Macungie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Macungie are

13,503 jobs are based in Lower Macungie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Macungie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Macungie

13,503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Lower Macungie residents hold

14,996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+82%

Jobs based in Lower Macungie, 2013 → 2023: 7,404 → 13,503. 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.