Ancient Oaks has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Ancient Oaks itself; outside it, Lower Macungie Township draws the most (11%, 1 miles). Ancient Oaks has 214 jobs; 3,200 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 23% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ancient Oaks
Ancient Oaks by day and by night
On a workday 3,159 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Ancient Oaks on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Ancient Oaks ends
Where Ancient Oaks clocks in
11% 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.
What Ancient Oaks’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ancient Oaks, 2014 → 2024: 89 → 214. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ancient Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ancient Oaks: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ancient Oaks workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,903 commuters (the 23% 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.
Ancient Oaks’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Ancient Oaks: questions
What is the median household income in Ancient Oaks?
$134,375 (±$28,984) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ancient Oaks?
2.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ancient Oaks?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ancient Oaks work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lower Macungie Township (11%, 1 mi), Allentown (10%, 7 mi), Upper Macungie Township (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ancient Oaks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ancient Oaks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ancient Oaks
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.