Work & commute · Lower Milford

Work & commute in Lower Milford, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Milford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (8%), Bethlehem (6%) and Upper Saucon (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,665 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,613 Lower Milford residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Milford.

1,613live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Milford goes to work

Allentown8.7 mi away

8%130

Bethlehem12.3 mi away

6%96

Upper Saucon6.1 mi away

5%86

Salisbury9.2 mi away

5%75

Upper Macungie10.4 mi away

4%71

Milford4 mi away

4%63

Lower Milford (in town)right here

3%52

Lower Macungie6.5 mi away

3%49

Fountain Hill10.2 mi away

3%44

Philadelphia36.5 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%958

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

How far

How far Lower Milford commutes

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

44%

31%

14%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Milford is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Milford are

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

Jobs based in Lower Milford

491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lower Milford residents hold

1,665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

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Jobs based in Lower Milford, 2013 → 2023: 490 → 491. 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.