Michael and Margaret Heller House · Photo: Coemgenus · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Lower Saucon Township are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Lower Saucon Township; the top destination outside it is Bethlehem (13%, 4 miles). 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania. The two grades for Lower Saucon Township are A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lower Saucon Township: the figures worth knowing
Lower Saucon Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,355 jobs based in Lower Saucon Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lower Saucon Township has about 7,500 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lower Saucon Township works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Lower Saucon Township: Bethlehem (13%), Hellertown (5%) and Upper Saucon Township (4%). Next door ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lower Saucon Township
69% of Lower Saucon Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in Lower Saucon Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Lower Saucon Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lower Saucon Township is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #215 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Household income holds Lower Saucon Township’s grade up ($124,892, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lower Saucon Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Lower Saucon Township
On a workday 4,808 residents head out to work, 186 work right here, and 1,169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Lower Saucon Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 1,355 jobs in Lower Saucon Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lower Saucon Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,528 → 1,355. 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 Lower Saucon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Lower Saucon Township goes to work
Where Lower Saucon Township clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 to work from Lower Saucon Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lower Saucon Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,667 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Lower Saucon Township works
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.
Driving is how Lower Saucon Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lower Saucon Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #528 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,509 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 2.7% of Lower Saucon Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Lower Saucon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lower Saucon Township is 573rd among 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 24 | Lower Moreland Township PA | 14,116 | $154K | 2.6% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Skippack Township PA | 14,502 | $148K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 571 | Miami Springs FL | 13,611 | $87K | 10.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A |
| 572 | Newmarket NH | 9,647 | $101K | 4.6% | 1.0% | 6% | A |
| 573 | Lower Saucon Township PA | 11,134 | $125K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 4% | A |
| 574 | Schiller Park IL | 11,317 | $70K | 2.5% | 3.4% | 6% | A |
| 575 | Dighton MA | 8,348 | $137K | 2.9% | 5.3% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Saucon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
25% of Lower Saucon Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lower Saucon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Saucon Township | – | A | B | 27 min | $124,892 |
| Bethlehem | 13% | C+ | A+ | 22 min | $68,879 |
| Hellertown | 5% | B | A | 26 min | $72,813 |
| Bethlehem Township | 3% | A | A− | 26 min | $119,050 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 38 min | $122,538 |
| Freemansburg | under 3% | B+ | B | 20 min | $88,750 |
| Easton | under 3% | C+ | A+ | 28 min | $69,348 |
| Williams Township | under 3% | A− | D | 33 min | $116,250 |
| Upper Saucon Township | 4% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $145,764 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bethlehem. Darker towns draw more of Lower Saucon 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 Lower Saucon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lower Saucon Township?
$124,892 (±$13,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lower Saucon Township?
5.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lower Saucon Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lower Saucon Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethlehem (13%, 4 mi), Allentown (7%, 9 mi), Hellertown (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lower Saucon Township walkable?
Lower Saucon Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lower Saucon Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lower Saucon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lower Saucon 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.