Photo: Nicholas · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Lower Macungie Township top those of 90% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 2.7%, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. For jobs and income Lower Macungie Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (B). About one in ten work in Lower Macungie Township; the top destination outside it is Allentown (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lower Macungie Township, in a few figures
Jobs in Lower Macungie Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Lower Macungie Township went from 7,226 in 2014 to 16,404 in 2024, +127%. The jobs ↓
Lower Macungie Township trades workers with the towns around it
Lower Macungie Township has about as many jobs (16,404) as working residents (14,850), but they are mostly different people: 13,365 residents leave for work each day while 14,919 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Lower Macungie Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lower Macungie Township draws workers from far and wide
The 16,404 jobs in Lower Macungie Township are filled from a wide area. Lower Macungie Township’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
The figures behind Lower Macungie Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lower Macungie Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
71% of the jobs in Lower Macungie Township pay over $3,333 a month
16,404 jobs are based in Lower Macungie Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Macungie Township, 2014 → 2024: 7,226 → 16,404. 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 Lower Macungie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Lower Macungie Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 13,365 residents head out to work, 1,485 work right here, and 14,919 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lower Macungie Township: the destinations
Where Lower Macungie Township clocks in
10% 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.
Commuting from Lower Macungie Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Macungie Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,263 commuters (the 18% 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 many miles Lower Macungie Township commutes
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.
Few in Lower Macungie Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,167 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 5% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 3.3% of Lower Macungie Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lower Macungie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 23,000 to 45,000, Lower Macungie Township ranks 99th of 1,315 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Northampton Township PA | 39,919 | $159K | 2.5% | 3.1% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Horsham Township PA | 27,882 | $122K | 4.3% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Winchester MA | 23,710 | $230K | 4.7% | 3.8% | 8% | A+ |
| 98 | Saratoga CA | 30,418 | $250K | 3.3% | 4.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 99 | Lower Macungie Township PA | 33,507 | $125K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 100 | Palmetto Bay FL | 24,886 | $142K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 101 | Morrisville NC | 32,466 | $125K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,315 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Lower Macungie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Lower Macungie Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Upper Macungie Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Macungie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Macungie Township | – | A+ | B | 27 min | $125,230 |
| Macungie | under 2% | B | A− | 23 min | $75,677 |
| Emmaus | 3% | A− | A− | 27 min | $83,917 |
| Upper Milford Township | under 2% | A | B | 24 min | $110,139 |
| Upper Macungie Township | 8% | A | C+ | 23 min | $120,798 |
| South Whitehall Township | 5% | A− | B | 21 min | $102,872 |
| Trexlertown | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Breinigsville | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Hereford Township | under 2% | A | C | 32 min | $115,833 |
| Salisbury Township | 6% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $101,299 |
Same-state neighbors only. Trexlertown and Breinigsville: 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 Lower Macungie 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 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 Lower Macungie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Macungie Township?
$125,230 (±$11,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Macungie Township?
2.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Macungie Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Macungie Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (10%, 6 mi), Upper Macungie Township (8%, 4 mi), Salisbury Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lower Macungie Township walkable?
Lower Macungie Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Macungie Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 5% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Macungie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Macungie Township
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. 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.