Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Fewer people are out of work in Allen Township (1.4%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Allen Township grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Allen Township for work; outside it, Allentown is the main destination (11%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Allen Township
Stores, warehouses and trucking
80% of the jobs in Allen Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Allen Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Allen Township went from 803 in 2013 to 2,645 in 2023, +229%. The jobs ↓
Allen Township trades workers with the towns around it
Allen Township has about as many jobs (2,645) as working residents (2,715), but they are mostly different people: 2,649 residents leave for work each day while 2,579 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Allen Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Allen Township
67% of Allen Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Allen Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Allen Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Allen Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Allen Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Allen Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #46 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Allen Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Allen Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Jobs in Allen Township: what the 2,645 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allen Township, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 2,645. 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 Allen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Allen Township by day and by night
On a workday 2,649 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 2,579 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
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 Allen Township ends
Where Allen Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Allen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allen Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,487 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Allen Township to work
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Getting around Allen Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Allen Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns, #935 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 2,726 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 2.2% of Allen Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Allen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700, Allen Township comes 170th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
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| 60 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
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| 168 | New Whiteland IN | 5,937 | $90K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 169 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 170 | Allen Township PA | 5,693 | $103K | 3.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 171 | St. Paul Park MN | 5,396 | $101K | 5.0% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 172 | Horace ND | 7,001 | $139K | 4.3% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Allen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Allen Township
The biggest share goes to Northampton (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Allen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Township | – | A+ | C− | 27 min | $102,865 |
| Northampton | 4% | B+ | A+ | 28 min | $90,762 |
| North Catasauqua | under 3% | A | B | 22 min | $77,396 |
| East Allen Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $98,191 |
| North Whitehall Township | under 3% | A− | B+ | 29 min | $110,361 |
| Laurys Station | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Lehigh Township | under 3% | A− | D | 29 min | $89,741 |
| Moore Township | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $102,789 |
Same-state neighbors only. Laurys Station: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Allen Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Allen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Allen Township?
$102,865 (±$26,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allen Township?
3.1%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allen Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allen Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (11%, 8 mi), Bethlehem (8%, 8 mi), Upper Macungie Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Allen Township walkable?
Allen Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Allen Township 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 Allen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allen Township
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.