Work & commute · Walnutport

Work & commute in Walnutport, PA

Most working residents leave Walnutport for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (8%), Upper Macungie (7%) and Bethlehem (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,138 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,107 Walnutport residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 573 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnutport.

1,107live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

573work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnutport goes to work

Allentown12.5 mi away

8%92

Upper Macungie12.7 mi away

7%84

Bethlehem14.7 mi away

6%68

North Whitehall5.1 mi away

4%44

Whitehall8.1 mi away

4%44

South Whitehall9.5 mi away

3%39

Salisbury13.8 mi away

3%35

Fountain Hill14.6 mi away

3%33

Walnutport (in town)right here

3%31

Bethlehem15.9 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%640

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

How far

How far Walnutport commutes

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

23%

54%

11%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnutport is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnutport are

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

Jobs based in Walnutport

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Walnutport residents hold

1,138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+16%

Jobs based in Walnutport, 2013 → 2023: 520 → 604. 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.