Photo: PattiParker · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Alburtis (8.3%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Alburtis; the top destination outside it is Upper Macungie Township (10%, 4 miles). Alburtis grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Measured by household income, Alburtis is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Alburtis
The better-paid jobs are outside Alburtis
72% of Alburtis residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Alburtis pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Alburtis pay little
32% of the jobs based in Alburtis pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Alburtis is a place people come home to
There are 302 jobs based in Alburtis, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Alburtis has about 1,700 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Alburtis’ grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alburtis is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #446 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Alburtis’ grade up ($107,500, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alburtis could be anywhere from B to A+.
Inside Alburtis’ 302 jobs
302 jobs are based in Alburtis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alburtis, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 302. 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 Alburtis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Alburtis
On a workday 1,204 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Alburtis on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Alburtis ends
Where Alburtis clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Getting to work from Alburtis takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alburtis workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,210 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Alburtis works
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.
In Alburtis, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alburtis is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #355 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,316 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Alburtis households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Alburtis’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Alburtis comes 1,189th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 62 | Churchill PA | 3,014 | $107K | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 76 | Thornbury Township PA | 3,165 | $172K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 4% | A+ |
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| 1,187 | Idaho Springs CO | 1,842 | $89K | 6.9% | 3.5% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,188 | Neoga Township IL | 2,719 | $89K | 7.2% | 1.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,189 | Alburtis PA | 2,609 | $108K | 4.8% | 8.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,190 | Ridgeway Township KS | 2,369 | $81K | 9.9% | 0.4% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,191 | Ravenna Township MI | 3,045 | $76K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Alburtis, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
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 Alburtis: questions
What is the median household income in Alburtis?
$107,500 (±$7,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alburtis?
4.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alburtis?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alburtis work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Macungie Township (10%, 4 mi), Lower Macungie Township (10%, 2 mi), Allentown (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alburtis walkable?
Alburtis is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alburtis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alburtis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alburtis
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.