Work & commute · Upper Nazareth

Work & commute in Upper Nazareth, PA

Most working residents leave Upper Nazareth for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (8%), Allentown (6%) and Nazareth (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

128 of 3,416 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,288 Upper Nazareth residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 1,999 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upper Nazareth.

3,288live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

1,999work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Upper Nazareth goes to work

Bethlehem7.8 mi away

8%262

Allentown12.4 mi away

6%197

Nazareth1.2 mi away

5%157

Upper Nazareth (in town)right here

4%128

Bethlehem5.1 mi away

3%116

Lower Nazareth2.2 mi away

3%109

Fountain Hill9.8 mi away

3%108

Forks5.7 mi away

3%104

Hanover5.8 mi away

3%99

Upper Macungie19.1 mi away

3%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%2,039

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

How far

How far Upper Nazareth commutes

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

43%

26%

15%

16%

43%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Upper Nazareth is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upper Nazareth are

2,127 jobs are based in Upper Nazareth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Upper Nazareth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Upper Nazareth

2,127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Upper Nazareth residents hold

3,416 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+3%

Jobs based in Upper Nazareth, 2013 → 2023: 2,066 → 2,127. 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.