Work & commute · Upper Macungie

Work & commute in Upper Macungie, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Macungie for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (11%), South Whitehall (7%) and Salisbury (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,983 of 12,504 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,521 Upper Macungie residents head out of town to work, 1,983 work right here, and 34,446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Macungie.

10,521live here, work elsewhere

1,983live and work here

34,446work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Macungie goes to work

Upper Macungie (in town)right here

16%1,983

Allentown7.9 mi away

11%1,369

South Whitehall5.4 mi away

7%880

Salisbury10.4 mi away

5%637

Bethlehem14 mi away

5%624

Lower Macungie3.9 mi away

4%553

Philadelphia46.5 mi away

2%282

Upper Saucon11.6 mi away

2%256

Fountain Hill12.2 mi away

2%253

Hanover13.8 mi away

2%245

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,422

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

How far

How far Upper Macungie commutes

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

51%

22%

15%

12%

51%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Macungie is a job hub

2.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Macungie are

36,429 jobs are based in Upper Macungie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Macungie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Macungie

36,429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Upper Macungie residents hold

12,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+24%

Jobs based in Upper Macungie, 2013 → 2023: 29,262 → 36,429. 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.