Work & commute · Slatington

Work & commute in Slatington, PA

Most working residents leave Slatington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (8%), Upper Macungie (7%) and Bethlehem (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 1,967 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,892 Slatington residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 499 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slatington.

1,892live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

499work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slatington goes to work

Allentown13 mi away

8%151

Upper Macungie12.8 mi away

7%130

Bethlehem15.5 mi away

5%104

South Whitehall9.9 mi away

5%92

North Whitehall5.4 mi away

4%87

Slatington (in town)right here

4%75

Salisbury14.4 mi away

3%66

Whitehall8.7 mi away

3%54

Philadelphia57.2 mi away

3%52

Hanover12.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,109

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

How far

How far Slatington commutes

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

22%

48%

14%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slatington is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Slatington are

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

Jobs based in Slatington

574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Slatington residents hold

1,967 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Slatington, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 574. 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.