Every workday, about 3,400 people come to Schnecksville for work
Most working residents leave Schnecksville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (10%), South Whitehall (9%) and Upper Macungie (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
What kind of work town is Schnecksville?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Schnecksville fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,539 residents head out to work, 87 work right here, and 3,395 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Schnecksville on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Pennsylvania
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schnecksville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
What the 3,482 jobs in Schnecksville are
3,482 jobs are based in Schnecksville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schnecksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schnecksville, 2013 → 2023: 2,918 → 3,482. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Where Schnecksville’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Schnecksville clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Schnecksville commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Schnecksville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to North Whitehall (7%). Darker towns draw more of Schnecksville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Schnecksville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schnecksville, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.