Work & commute · Upper Mount Bethel

Work & commute in Upper Mount Bethel, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Mount Bethel for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (3%), Philadelphia (3%) and Palmer (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

268 of 2,604 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 2,336 Upper Mount Bethel residents head out of town to work, 268 work right here, and 1,243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Mount Bethel.

2,336live here, work elsewhere

268live and work here

1,243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Mount Bethel goes to work

Upper Mount Bethel (in town)right here

10%268

Bethlehem22.5 mi away

3%89

Philadelphia61.6 mi away

3%78

Palmer15.3 mi away

3%78

Forks12.4 mi away

3%77

Washington4.7 mi away

3%67

East Stroudsburg7.4 mi away

2%57

Bangor4.4 mi away

2%55

Allentown27.8 mi away

2%54

Stroud7.7 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%1,732

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

How far

How far Upper Mount Bethel commutes

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

29%

31%

18%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Mount Bethel is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Mount Bethel are

1,511 jobs are based in Upper Mount Bethel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Mount Bethel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Mount Bethel

1,511 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Upper Mount Bethel residents hold

2,604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+22%

Jobs based in Upper Mount Bethel, 2013 → 2023: 1,240 → 1,511. 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.