Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Nazareth has lower unemployment (1.9%) than 86% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Nazareth is behind 79% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Nazareth B−; getting around on foot earns it A. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.3 in Allentown.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nazareth, in a few figures
No single place dominates Nazareth’s commute
The biggest draw, Bethlehem, gets only 7% of working residents, and 56% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Nazareth residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Nazareth is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
How Nazareth earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nazareth is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #644 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment holds Nazareth’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($56,855, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nazareth could be anywhere from C to A−.
7% of working residents work in Bethlehem
Where Nazareth clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Nazareth
2,070 jobs are based in Nazareth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nazareth, 2013 → 2023: 2,359 → 2,070. 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 Nazareth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Nazareth: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,828 residents head out to work, 189 work right here, and 1,881 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Nazareth on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Nazareth’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nazareth workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,725 commuters (the 11% 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.
The distance from Nazareth to work
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.
In Nazareth, walking beats the bus
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.6% across Pennsylvania.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,047 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 55% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 12.9% of Nazareth households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nazareth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,200, Nazareth ranks 1,698th of 3,307 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,696 | Keyport NJ | 7,235 | $82K | 9.1% | 12.8% | 5% | B− |
| 1,697 | Somerdale NJ | 5,823 | $86K | 13.8% | 6.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,698 | Nazareth PA | 6,091 | $57K | 16.0% | 1.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,699 | Duryea PA | 5,157 | $62K | 22.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,700 | Upper Mount Bethel Township PA | 6,463 | $82K | 6.2% | 5.8% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,307 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Nazareth, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Nazareth: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lower Nazareth Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nazareth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nazareth | – | B− | A | 30 min | $56,855 |
| Upper Nazareth Township | 4% | A+ | C | 25 min | $121,969 |
| Eastlawn Gardens | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lower Nazareth Township | 5% | A− | B− | 30 min | $125,995 |
Same-state neighbors only. Eastlawn Gardens: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nazareth’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 Nazareth: questions
What is the median household income in Nazareth?
$56,855 (±$21,146) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nazareth?
16.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nazareth?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nazareth work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethlehem (7%, 8 mi), Lower Nazareth Township (5%, 2 mi), Allentown (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nazareth walkable?
Nazareth is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 16.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nazareth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 55% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nazareth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nazareth
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.