Work & commute · Macungie

Work & commute in Macungie, PA

Most working residents leave Macungie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Macungie (11%), Lower Macungie (10%) and Allentown (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,643 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,604 Macungie residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Macungie.

1,604live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Macungie goes to work

Upper Macungie5.2 mi away

11%174

Lower Macungie1.4 mi away

10%161

Allentown6.7 mi away

8%139

South Whitehall7.2 mi away

6%96

Salisbury8.6 mi away

5%85

Bethlehem12.4 mi away

4%58

Emmaus3.2 mi away

3%43

Macungie (in town)right here

2%39

Upper Saucon7.9 mi away

2%34

Philadelphia41.4 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%781

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

How far

How far Macungie commutes

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

53%

23%

13%

11%

53%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Macungie is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Macungie are

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

Jobs based in Macungie

563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Macungie residents hold

1,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−8%

Jobs based in Macungie, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 563. 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.