Work & commute · Whitehall

Work & commute in Whitehall, PA

Most working residents leave Whitehall for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (12%), Bethlehem (8%) and Upper Macungie (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,171 of 14,156 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,985 Whitehall residents head out of town to work, 1,171 work right here, and 9,357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitehall.

12,985live here, work elsewhere

1,171live and work here

9,357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitehall goes to work

Allentown4.6 mi away

12%1,720

Whitehall (in town)right here

8%1,171

Bethlehem7.4 mi away

8%1,107

Upper Macungie8.8 mi away

7%1,043

South Whitehall3.4 mi away

4%599

Salisbury5.7 mi away

3%461

Philadelphia48.8 mi away

3%416

Hanover5.7 mi away

3%400

Lower Macungie9.2 mi away

3%394

Hanover3.3 mi away

3%381

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%6,464

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

How far

How far Whitehall commutes

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

61%

12%

15%

13%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitehall is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitehall are

10,528 jobs are based in Whitehall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitehall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitehall

10,528 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Whitehall residents hold

14,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Whitehall, 2013 → 2023: 10,945 → 10,528. 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.