Work & commute · Weisenberg

Work & commute in Weisenberg, PA

Most working residents leave Weisenberg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Upper Macungie (13%), Allentown (9%) and Bethlehem (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

92 of 2,344 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,252 Weisenberg residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 3,151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weisenberg.

2,252live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

3,151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weisenberg goes to work

Upper Macungie5.1 mi away

13%304

Allentown12.2 mi away

9%203

Bethlehem18.1 mi away

5%116

South Whitehall8.8 mi away

5%112

Lower Macungie9 mi away

4%105

Salisbury14.8 mi away

4%102

Weisenberg (in town)right here

4%92

Maxatawny5.7 mi away

2%48

Philadelphia51.1 mi away

2%47

Lowhill3.5 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,171

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

How far

How far Weisenberg commutes

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

38%

35%

14%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weisenberg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weisenberg are

3,243 jobs are based in Weisenberg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weisenberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weisenberg

3,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Weisenberg residents hold

2,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+110%

Jobs based in Weisenberg, 2013 → 2023: 1,546 → 3,243. 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.