Work & commute · Wind Gap

Work & commute in Wind Gap, PA

Most working residents leave Wind Gap for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Palmer (6%), Bethlehem (5%) and Lower Nazareth (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,343 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,291 Wind Gap residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wind Gap.

1,291live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wind Gap goes to work

Palmer10.3 mi away

6%79

Bethlehem15.9 mi away

5%61

Wind Gap (in town)right here

4%52

Lower Nazareth10 mi away

3%47

Allentown20.2 mi away

3%43

Hanover13.7 mi away

3%41

Plainfield2.6 mi away

3%40

Bethlehem12.8 mi away

3%39

Forks8.6 mi away

3%37

Philadelphia58.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%877

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

How far

How far Wind Gap commutes

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

29%

43%

13%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wind Gap is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wind Gap are

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

Jobs based in Wind Gap

905 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Wind Gap residents hold

1,343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Wind Gap, 2013 → 2023: 899 → 905. 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.