Allentown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 16% for Florida as a whole. Allentown has 184 jobs, against 411 working residents. Only 3% work in Allentown; the top destination outside it is Pensacola (14%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Allentown stands out on work
Allentown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Allentown is Pensacola, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (56) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Allentown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 411 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Allentown to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Allentown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allentown workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 261 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Allentown on a workday
On a workday 399 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Allentown on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Allentown work
Where Allentown clocks in
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Allentown makes things: 60% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allentown, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 184. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allentown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Allentown: questions
What is the poverty rate in Allentown?
8.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allentown?
37 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allentown work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (14%, 24 mi), Milton (10%, 10 mi), Ferry Pass (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allentown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allentown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allentown
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.