Work & commute · Tamaqua

Work & commute in Tamaqua, PA

Most working residents leave Tamaqua for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rush (7%), Hazle (6%) and West Penn (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

245 of 2,714 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,469 Tamaqua residents head out of town to work, 245 work right here, and 1,106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tamaqua.

2,469live here, work elsewhere

245live and work here

1,106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tamaqua goes to work

Tamaqua (in town)right here

9%245

Rush3.9 mi away

7%177

Hazle11.6 mi away

6%154

West Penn5.3 mi away

4%102

Upper Macungie22.7 mi away

4%101

Pottsville17.1 mi away

3%82

Philadelphia69 mi away

2%58

Hazleton10.4 mi away

2%50

Jim Thorpe8.7 mi away

1%29

Nesquehoning7.5 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%1,687

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

How far

How far Tamaqua commutes

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

28%

31%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tamaqua is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tamaqua are

1,351 jobs are based in Tamaqua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tamaqua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tamaqua

1,351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Tamaqua residents hold

2,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−17%

Jobs based in Tamaqua, 2013 → 2023: 1,622 → 1,351. 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.