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Jobs & commute in Cherryville

Most of Cherryville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

Home is the office for 7% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. There are 145 jobs in Cherryville for 805 working residents. Hardly any work in Cherryville; the top destination outside it is Allentown (9%, 12 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out

What stands out about work in Cherryville

★ What stands out · Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Cherryville

On a workday 801 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.

801live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
141work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,200
Workday500
1,200live here− 800head out to work+ 140come in to work= 500on a workday

About 500 people are in Cherryville on a workday afternoon, 57% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Cherryville’s working residents head each day

PalmertonNorthampton: 31 residents work here (4%)Allentown: 73 residents work here (9%)Bethlehem: 58 residents work here (7%)Philadelphia: 18 residents work here (2%)Salisbury Township: 32 residents work here (4%)Hanover Township: 28 residents work here (3%)Lehigh Township: 42 residents work here (5%)Upper Macungie Township: 23 residents work here (3%)Lower Macungie Township: 22 residents work here (3%)North Whitehall TownshipSouth Whitehall Township: 22 residents work here (3%)Whitehall TownshipMoore TownshipMahoning TownshipAllen TownshipCherryvilleAllentownBethlehemLehigh TownshipSalisbury TownshipNorthamptonHanover TownshipCherryville
1
Allentown11.6 mi away
9%73
2
Bethlehem12.5 mi away
7%58
3
Lehigh Township0.8 mi away
5%42
4
Salisbury Township12.3 mi away
4%32
5
Northampton5.3 mi away
4%31
6
Hanover Township9.4 mi away
3%28
73%23
83%22
93%22
10
Philadelphia55.7 mi away
2%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%456
The top trips

Where Cherryville clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Jobs in Cherryville: what the 145 are

Jobs based in CherryvilleJobs Cherryville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms12%22%
Trade, transport & utilities19%20%
Services: health, schools, offices69%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%19%
Over $3,333 a month61%70%

Who does it

29 or younger17%16%
30 to 5451%52%
55 and older32%32%
−12%

Jobs based in Cherryville, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 145. 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 Cherryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Commuting from Cherryville: about 27 minutes a trip

A year of commuting
204 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cherryville27 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Cherryville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Cherryville gets to work
92%Drive alone
6%Carpool
2%Other

Share of the 530 commuters (the 7% 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.

How far

How far Cherryville’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miAllentown: 9% · 11.6 miBethlehem: 7% · 12.5 miLehigh Township: 5% · 0.8 miSalisbury Township: 4% · 12.3 miNorthampton: 4% · 5.3 miHanover Township: 3% · 9.4 miUpper Macungie Township: 3% · 13.8 miLower Macungie Township: 3% · 15.6 miSouth Whitehall Township: 3% · 9.5 miPhiladelphia: 2% · 55.7 miAllentown 9%Bethlehem 7%Lehigh Township 5%Salisbury Township 4%Northampton 4%Cherryville
CherryvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
32%Under 10 mi261 residents
44%10–24 mi354 residents
8%25–50 mi68 residents
15%Over 50 mi122 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cherryville: questions

What is the median household income in Cherryville?

$104,271 (±$26,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cherryville?

2.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Cherryville?

27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Cherryville work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (9%, 12 mi), Bethlehem (7%, 12 mi), Lehigh Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cherryville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Cherryville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Cherryville

Cherryville home →

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.