Work & commute · Walker

Work & commute in Walker, PA

Most working residents leave Walker for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Pottsville (6%), Tamaqua (6%) and Upper Macungie (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 427 Walker residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walker.

427live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walker goes to work

Walker (in town)right here

7%31

Pottsville11.3 mi away

6%28

Tamaqua6.6 mi away

6%26

Upper Macungie22.7 mi away

5%25

Rush8.5 mi away

5%21

Hazle15.9 mi away

4%17

West Penn7.2 mi away

3%13

Schuylkill4.2 mi away

2%10

Cressona12.1 mi away

2%8

West Hazleton17 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%271

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

How far

How far Walker commutes

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

30%

36%

17%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walker is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walker are

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

Jobs based in Walker

258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Walker residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+44%

Jobs based in Walker, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 258. 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.