Work & commute · Lowhill

Work & commute in Lowhill, PA

Most working residents leave Lowhill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Macungie (11%), Allentown (9%) and Bethlehem (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 1,251 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,194 Lowhill residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowhill.

1,194live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowhill goes to work

Upper Macungie5.7 mi away

11%137

Allentown10.6 mi away

9%114

Bethlehem15.9 mi away

6%77

South Whitehall6.7 mi away

5%68

Salisbury13 mi away

5%66

Lowhill (in town)right here

5%57

Lower Macungie9.3 mi away

4%53

North Whitehall5.4 mi away

3%35

Fountain Hill14.6 mi away

3%33

Whitehall8.7 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%582

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

How far

How far Lowhill commutes

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

44%

32%

13%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowhill is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowhill are

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

Jobs based in Lowhill

505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lowhill residents hold

1,251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+63%

Jobs based in Lowhill, 2013 → 2023: 310 → 505. 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.