Work & commute · Topton

Work & commute in Topton, PA

Most working residents leave Topton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Maxatawny (10%), Upper Macungie (8%) and Allentown (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,021 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 996 Topton residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Topton.

996live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Topton goes to work

Maxatawny2.7 mi away

10%103

Upper Macungie6.1 mi away

8%86

Allentown13.3 mi away

5%56

Lower Macungie7.4 mi away

4%38

Longswamp2.3 mi away

3%35

Topton (in town)right here

2%25

Bethlehem19.5 mi away

2%23

Salisbury15.7 mi away

2%23

Kutztown4.1 mi away

2%19

South Whitehall11.5 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%594

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

How far

How far Topton commutes

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

36%

35%

19%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Topton is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Topton are

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

Jobs based in Topton

490 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Topton residents hold

1,021 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−58%

Jobs based in Topton, 2013 → 2023: 1,178 → 490. 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.