Work & commute · Summit Hill

Work & commute in Summit Hill, PA

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,447 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 1,371 Summit Hill residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit Hill.

1,371live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit Hill goes to work

Summit Hill (in town)right here

5%76

Rush6.7 mi away

4%65

Lehighton6.8 mi away

4%60

Upper Macungie21.2 mi away

4%56

Jim Thorpe4.3 mi away

4%53

Nesquehoning3.9 mi away

3%49

Fountain Hill28.1 mi away

3%41

Allentown25 mi away

3%40

Tamaqua4.5 mi away

3%37

Hazle12.7 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%938

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

How far

How far Summit Hill commutes

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

33%

23%

26%

18%

33%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit Hill is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit Hill are

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

Jobs based in Summit Hill

231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Summit Hill residents hold

1,447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+89%

Jobs based in Summit Hill, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 231. 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.