Work & commute · Riegelsville

Work & commute in Riegelsville, PA

Most working residents leave Riegelsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (9%), Plumstead (4%) and Allentown (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
10 of 424 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 414 Riegelsville residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riegelsville.

414live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
65work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Riegelsville goes to work

New YorkRiegelsvilleHellertownEastonAllentownBethlehemPhiladelphiaHollandRaritanPohatcongMiddletownWilliamsPlumsteadSpringfieldBethlehemTinicumDurhamNockamixonPhiladelphiaPlumsteadAllentownNockamixonBethlehemBethlehemTinicumEastonRaritanRiegelsville
1
Philadelphia40.6 mi away
9%39
2
Plumstead15.2 mi away
4%18
3
Allentown14.7 mi away
4%15
4
Nockamixon5.4 mi away
4%15
5
Bethlehem9.2 mi away
3%12
6
Bethlehem7.7 mi away
3%12
7
Tinicum9.2 mi away
3%12
8
Riegelsville (in town)right here
2%10
9
Easton6.4 mi away
2%9
10
Raritan, NJ16.2 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
65%274

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

How far

How far Riegelsville commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
30%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Riegelsville is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riegelsville are

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

Jobs based in Riegelsville

75 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Riegelsville residents hold

424 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−26%

Jobs based in Riegelsville, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 75. 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.

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