Work & commute · Nesquehoning

Work & commute in Nesquehoning, PA

Most working residents leave Nesquehoning for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Rush (5%), Jim Thorpe (4%) and Upper Macungie (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

166 of 1,469 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,303 Nesquehoning residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 664 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nesquehoning.

1,303live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

664work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nesquehoning goes to work

Nesquehoning (in town)right here

11%166

Rush8 mi away

5%73

Jim Thorpe2.8 mi away

4%61

Upper Macungie23.7 mi away

4%55

Hazle11.5 mi away

3%51

Allentown26.6 mi away

3%44

Lehighton6.5 mi away

3%42

Philadelphia70.1 mi away

2%29

Fountain Hill29.3 mi away

2%28

Salisbury28.3 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%893

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

How far

How far Nesquehoning commutes

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

32%

25%

23%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nesquehoning is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nesquehoning are

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

Jobs based in Nesquehoning

830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Nesquehoning residents hold

1,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−42%

Jobs based in Nesquehoning, 2013 → 2023: 1,439 → 830. 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.