Work & commute · Lower Saucon

Work & commute in Lower Saucon, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Saucon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (13%), Allentown (7%) and Hellertown (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

186 of 4,994 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

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,808 Lower Saucon residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 1,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Saucon.

4,808live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

1,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lower Saucon goes to work

Bethlehem4.1 mi away

13%642

Allentown9.1 mi away

7%366

Hellertown1.9 mi away

5%233

Upper Macungie16.9 mi away

4%208

Fountain Hill4.9 mi away

4%197

Upper Saucon6.5 mi away

4%196

Lower Saucon (in town)right here

4%186

Salisbury6.6 mi away

3%148

Bethlehem5.1 mi away

3%136

Philadelphia41.2 mi away

3%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,555

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

How far

How far Lower Saucon commutes

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

52%

20%

16%

12%

52%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Saucon is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Saucon are

1,355 jobs are based in Lower Saucon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Saucon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Saucon

1,355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lower Saucon residents hold

4,994 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−11%

Jobs based in Lower Saucon, 2013 → 2023: 1,528 → 1,355. 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.