Work & commute · Nazareth

Work & commute in Nazareth, PA

Most working residents leave Nazareth for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (7%), Lower Nazareth (5%) and Allentown (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 3,017 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

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,828 Nazareth residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,881 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nazareth.

2,828live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,881work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nazareth goes to work

Bethlehem8.4 mi away

7%210

Nazareth (in town)right here

6%189

Lower Nazareth2.4 mi away

5%165

Allentown13.3 mi away

5%156

Hanover6.7 mi away

4%128

Upper Nazareth1.2 mi away

4%126

Palmer3.8 mi away

3%105

Forks4.6 mi away

3%96

Bethlehem5.2 mi away

3%82

Philadelphia51.4 mi away

3%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,679

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

How far

How far Nazareth commutes

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

49%

24%

14%

49%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nazareth 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 Nazareth are

2,070 jobs are based in Nazareth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nazareth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nazareth

2,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Nazareth residents hold

3,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−12%

Jobs based in Nazareth, 2013 → 2023: 2,359 → 2,070. 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.