Work & commute · Lower Nazareth

Work & commute in Lower Nazareth, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Nazareth for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (9%), Allentown (7%) and Bethlehem (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

181 of 3,340 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,159 Lower Nazareth residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 8,058 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Nazareth.

3,159live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

8,058work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Nazareth goes to work

Bethlehem6 mi away

9%288

Allentown11.3 mi away

7%239

Lower Nazareth (in town)right here

5%181

Bethlehem2.9 mi away

5%180

Fountain Hill8.1 mi away

3%107

Palmer3.2 mi away

3%106

Hanover4.7 mi away

3%104

Upper Macungie18.4 mi away

3%98

Nazareth2.4 mi away

2%83

Salisbury9.4 mi away

2%79

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,875

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

How far

How far Lower Nazareth commutes

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

50%

21%

14%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Nazareth is a job hub

2.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Nazareth are

8,239 jobs are based in Lower Nazareth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Nazareth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Nazareth

8,239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lower Nazareth residents hold

3,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+19%

Jobs based in Lower Nazareth, 2013 → 2023: 6,901 → 8,239. 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.