Work & commute · Tulpehocken

Work & commute in Tulpehocken, PA

Most working residents leave Tulpehocken for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (6%), Reading (4%) and Philadelphia (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 1,577 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,512 Tulpehocken residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 1,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tulpehocken.

1,512live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

1,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tulpehocken goes to work

Jackson5.4 mi away

6%89

Tulpehocken (in town)right here

4%65

Reading18.3 mi away

4%56

Philadelphia65.9 mi away

3%45

Bethel4.8 mi away

3%44

South Lebanon11.5 mi away

3%41

Myerstown5.3 mi away

3%40

Lebanon11.2 mi away

2%36

Jefferson4.8 mi away

2%36

Muhlenberg17.4 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

69%1,092

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

How far

How far Tulpehocken commutes

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

29%

37%

17%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tulpehocken is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tulpehocken are

1,070 jobs are based in Tulpehocken. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tulpehocken’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tulpehocken

1,070 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Tulpehocken residents hold

1,577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+49%

Jobs based in Tulpehocken, 2013 → 2023: 720 → 1,070. 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.