Coplay Cement Company Kilns · Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0Coplay has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Coplay is better than 65% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). There are 459 jobs in Coplay; 1,725 of its residents have a job. 3% of workers have no commute at all; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Coplay
The better-paid jobs are outside Coplay
61% of Coplay residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 29% of the jobs based in Coplay pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Coplay pay little
31% of the jobs based in Coplay pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 38% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Most Coplay residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Few Coplay workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Coplay is a place people come home to
There are 459 jobs based in Coplay, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coplay has about 2,300 people in it, 36% 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.
Coplay’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Coplay’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($61,906, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coplay could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Jobs in Coplay: what the 459 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coplay, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 459. 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 Coplay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Coplay commutes
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.
The daily trip from Coplay: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coplay workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,680 commuters (the 3% 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 a workday changes Coplay
On a workday 1,682 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 416 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Coplay on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
12% of working residents work in Allentown
Where Coplay clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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 around Coplay: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 1,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 1.8% of Coplay households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Coplay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Coplay next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800: 1,450th of 4,355 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,448 | Wayne Township OH | 4,002 | $85K | 8.1% | 4.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,449 | Sunnyside CA | 4,639 | $114K | 8.8% | 6.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,450 | Coplay PA | 3,532 | $62K | 11.9% | 1.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,451 | Springdale SC | 2,877 | $78K | 5.8% | 5.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,452 | Plympton MA | 2,985 | $127K | 10.3% | 5.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | 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 Coplay, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Coplay and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Whitehall Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coplay workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coplay | – | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $61,906 |
| Whitehall Township | 7% | B− | A− | 26 min | $75,658 |
| Northampton | under 3% | B+ | A+ | 28 min | $90,762 |
| Hokendauqua | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Stiles | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hokendauqua and Stiles: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coplay’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 Coplay: questions
What is the median household income in Coplay?
$61,906 (±$10,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coplay?
11.9%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coplay?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coplay work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (12%, 5 mi), Upper Macungie Township (8%, 10 mi), Bethlehem (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coplay walkable?
Coplay is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 16.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coplay without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coplay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coplay
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.