With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lehigh Township works elsewhere
1% of workers work from home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%. 29 jobs are based in Lehigh Township; 181 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Lehigh Township for work; outside it, Hazle Township is the main destination (12%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Lehigh Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 180 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Lehigh Township 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.
The places Lehigh Township commutes to
Where Lehigh Township 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.
In Lehigh Township, 72% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lehigh Township, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 29. 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 Lehigh Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lehigh Township’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lehigh Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 144 commuters (the 1% 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.
Lehigh Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
Work next door: 13% of Lehigh Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Weatherly (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lehigh Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehigh Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $62,500 |
| Penn Forest Township | under 2% | C | C | 42 min | $67,045 |
| Weatherly | 9% | D | C+ | 29 min | $52,125 |
| Jim Thorpe | 2% | B | A− | 31 min | $72,904 |
| Kidder Township | under 2% | B− | D | 34 min | $78,854 |
| Lausanne Township | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Nesquehoning | under 2% | C− | B | 30 min | $61,354 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lausanne Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lehigh 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 Lehigh Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lehigh Township?
$62,500 (±$15,242) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lehigh Township?
14.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lehigh Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lehigh Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hazle Township (12%, 14 mi), Weatherly (9%, 4 mi), West Hazleton (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lehigh Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lehigh Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lehigh 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.