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 4.0There are 4.8 jobs in Maxatawny Township for every working resident, and 10,061 people commute in
About one in ten work in Maxatawny Township; the top destination outside it is Upper Macungie Township (4%, 7 miles). Employers in Maxatawny Township report 10,290 jobs, and 2,133 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Maxatawny Township C; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Maxatawny Township
Maxatawny Township has far more jobs than workers
Maxatawny Township has 10,290 jobs, 4.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 17,000 people are in town, 97% more than the 8,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Maxatawny Township makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Maxatawny Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Maxatawny Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Jobs in Maxatawny Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Maxatawny Township went from 2,107 in 2014 to 10,290 in 2024, +388%. The jobs ↓
No single place dominates Maxatawny Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Upper Macungie Township, gets only 4% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Maxatawny Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The jobs in Maxatawny Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
88% of the jobs based in Maxatawny Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 62% of the jobs Maxatawny Township residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Maxatawny Township. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Maxatawny Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Maxatawny Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #835 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Maxatawny Township’s grade up (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.4%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Maxatawny Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
How a workday changes Maxatawny Township
On a workday 1,904 residents head out to work and 229 work right here.
About 17,000 people are in Maxatawny Township on a workday afternoon, 97% more than live here.
4.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 80% of the jobs in Maxatawny Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maxatawny Township, 2014 → 2024: 2,107 → 10,290. 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 Maxatawny Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Maxatawny Township: where workers come from
Where Maxatawny Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
How long Maxatawny Township spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maxatawny Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,391 commuters (the 21% 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 far Maxatawny Township’s workers travel
About 18% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Maxatawny Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Maxatawny Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #220 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 35.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,030 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). 8.4% of Maxatawny Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Maxatawny Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,149th of 2,947: where Maxatawny Township ranks among U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bethel Township PA | 9,774 | $177K | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Upper Nazareth Township PA | 8,521 | $122K | 1.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,147 | Farmington NH | 6,781 | $67K | 11.3% | 4.3% | 8% | C |
| 2,148 | San Elizario TX | 10,138 | $50K | 25.9% | 3.4% | 5% | C |
| 2,149 | Maxatawny Township PA | 8,396 | $69K | 16.3% | 7.4% | 11% | C |
| 2,150 | Lemoore Station CA | 6,175 | $69K | 9.4% | 11.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,151 | Willow Oak FL | 7,454 | $66K | 24.7% | 4.6% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Maxatawny Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Maxatawny Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maxatawny Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxatawny Township | – | C | A | 18 min | $69,412 |
| Longswamp Township | under 2% | A− | C | 25 min | $81,948 |
| Rockland Township | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $110,000 |
| Lyons | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Dryville | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 22 min | $76,302 |
| Weisenberg Township | under 2% | A+ | C | 24 min | $134,083 |
| Upper Macungie Township | 4% | A | C+ | 23 min | $120,798 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyons: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dryville: 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 Maxatawny 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 Maxatawny Township: questions
What is the median household income in Maxatawny Township?
$69,412 (±$29,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maxatawny Township?
16.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maxatawny Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maxatawny Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Macungie Township (4%, 7 mi), Allentown (4%, 15 mi), Kutztown (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Maxatawny Township walkable?
Maxatawny Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 35% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Maxatawny Township without a car?
2% 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 Maxatawny Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maxatawny 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.