Work & commute · Lower Towamensing

Work & commute in Lower Towamensing, PA

Most working residents leave Lower Towamensing for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (6%), Palmerton (6%) and Upper Macungie (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
62 of 1,470 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,408 Lower Towamensing residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 950 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lower Towamensing.

1,408live here, work elsewhere
62live and work here
950work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lower Towamensing goes to work

BowmanstownFountain HillSlatingtonParryvilleLehightonPalmertonAllentownBethlehemPhiladelphiaLehighChestnuthillEldredUpper MacungiePolkTowamensingEast PennNorth WhitehallWhitehallMooreLower TowamensingMahoningAllentownPalmertonUpper MacungieBethlehemLehightonWhitehallPhiladelphiaNorth WhitehallFountain HillLower Towamensing
1
Allentown16.2 mi away
6%95
2
Palmerton2.5 mi away
6%86
3
Upper Macungie17.4 mi away
6%81
4
Bethlehem17 mi away
5%79
5
Lower Towamensing (in town)right here
4%62
6
Lehighton7.6 mi away
3%45
7
Whitehall11.6 mi away
3%40
8
Philadelphia60.4 mi away
3%38
9
North Whitehall9.6 mi away
2%36
10
Fountain Hill17.5 mi away
2%33
Everywhere elseother towns and states
60%875

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

How far

How far Lower Towamensing commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lower Towamensing is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lower Towamensing are

1,012 jobs are based in Lower Towamensing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lower Towamensing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lower Towamensing

1,012 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lower Towamensing residents hold

1,470 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month66%