Work & commute · Tatamy

Work & commute in Tatamy, PA

Most working residents leave Tatamy for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (6%), Allentown (5%) and Forks (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 508 Tatamy residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tatamy.

508live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tatamy goes to work

Bethlehem9.8 mi away

6%31

Allentown15.5 mi away

5%27

Forks1.6 mi away

5%25

Upper Nazareth4.1 mi away

5%25

Hanover8.9 mi away

4%22

Lower Nazareth4.2 mi away

4%19

Palmer2.7 mi away

4%18

Fountain Hill12 mi away

3%17

Easton4.3 mi away

3%17

Upper Macungie22.7 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%298

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

How far

How far Tatamy commutes

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

37%

33%

14%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tatamy is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tatamy are

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

Jobs based in Tatamy

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Tatamy residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+25%

Jobs based in Tatamy, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 373. 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.