Photo: Dough4872 · Public domainMost of Lyons commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Lyons itself; outside it, Upper Macungie Township draws the most (7%, 9 miles). 26 jobs are based in Lyons, against 165 working residents. 8% of workers work from home; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lyons by day and by night
On a workday 165 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Lyons 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.
Where Lyons’ working residents head each day
Where Lyons clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyons, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 26. 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 Lyons’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Lyons
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyons workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 238 commuters (the 8% 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.
Miles to work from Lyons
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.
Next door to Lyons
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyons workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons | – | — | — | 21 min | $55,347 |
| Maxatawny Township | 7% | C | A | 18 min | $69,412 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Maxatawny Township. Darker towns draw more of Lyons’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 Lyons: questions
What is the median household income in Lyons?
$55,347 (±$5,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyons?
10.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyons?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyons work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Macungie Township (7%, 9 mi), Maxatawny Township (7%, 3 mi), Allentown (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lyons 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 Lyons, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyons
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.