Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Longswamp Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Longswamp Township are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. There are 1,096 jobs in Longswamp Township; 2,844 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Longswamp Township for work; outside it, Upper Macungie Township is the main destination (9%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Longswamp Township, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside Longswamp Township
68% of Longswamp 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 Longswamp Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Longswamp Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Longswamp Township went from 683 in 2013 to 1,096 in 2023, +60%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Longswamp Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Longswamp Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Longswamp Township empties out on a workday
About 4,000 people are in Longswamp Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 5,700 who live here: 2,700 head out to work and 950 come in. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Longswamp Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Longswamp Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #316 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Longswamp Township could be anywhere from B to A.
What Longswamp Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Longswamp Township, 2013 → 2023: 683 → 1,096. 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 Longswamp Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Longswamp Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,702 residents head out to work, 142 work right here, and 954 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Longswamp Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 towns that employ Longswamp Township’s residents
Where Longswamp Township clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
From Longswamp Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longswamp Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,245 commuters (the 12% 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.
Longswamp Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most of Longswamp Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Longswamp Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns, #789 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,539 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.4% of Longswamp Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Longswamp Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
826th of 3,476: where Longswamp Township ranks among U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 824 | Shenango Township PA | 6,960 | $78K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 11% | A− |
| 825 | Shrewsbury Township PA | 7,158 | $117K | 4.9% | 3.8% | 4% | A− |
| 826 | Longswamp Township PA | 5,716 | $82K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 5% | A− |
| 827 | Savannah TX | 6,469 | $143K | 4.0% | 10.0% | 1% | A− |
| 828 | Johnsburg IL | 6,445 | $121K | 12.1% | 2.7% | 5% | 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 Longswamp Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
19% of Longswamp Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Longswamp Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longswamp Township | – | A− | C | 25 min | $81,948 |
| Topton | 2% | A− | B | 28 min | $92,552 |
| Maxatawny Township | 8% | C | A | 18 min | $69,412 |
| Rockland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $110,000 |
| Upper Macungie Township | 9% | A | C+ | 23 min | $120,798 |
| Breinigsville | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| District Township | under 2% | A− | C | 27 min | $100,677 |
| Hereford Township | under 2% | A | C | 32 min | $115,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Breinigsville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Upper Macungie Township. Darker towns draw more of Longswamp 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 Longswamp Township: questions
What is the median household income in Longswamp Township?
$81,948 (±$5,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longswamp Township?
8.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longswamp Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longswamp Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Macungie Township (9%, 6 mi), Maxatawny Township (8%, 5 mi), Allentown (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Longswamp Township walkable?
Longswamp Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Longswamp Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Longswamp Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longswamp 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.