Work & commute · Towamensing

Work & commute in Towamensing, PA

Most working residents leave Towamensing for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (6%), Palmerton (5%) and Bethlehem (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 2,187 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,110 Towamensing residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Towamensing.

2,110live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Towamensing goes to work

Allentown19.3 mi away

6%124

Palmerton3.7 mi away

5%109

Bethlehem20.1 mi away

5%104

Franklin3.2 mi away

4%80

Upper Macungie20 mi away

4%78

Lower Towamensing3.2 mi away

4%78

Towamensing (in town)right here

4%77

South Whitehall16.7 mi away

2%52

Lehighton6.3 mi away

2%49

Fountain Hill20.6 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,388

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

How far

How far Towamensing commutes

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

25%

47%

11%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Towamensing is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Towamensing are

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

Jobs based in Towamensing

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Towamensing residents hold

2,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−49%

Jobs based in Towamensing, 2013 → 2023: 436 → 224. 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.