Photo: CyberXRef · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Slatedale commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 7% of workers (Pennsylvania 16%). Employers in Slatedale report 8 jobs, and 222 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Slatedale for work; outside it, Allentown is the main destination (10%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Slatedale apart
A workday in Slatedale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 89 people are in Slatedale on a workday afternoon, 71% 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.
The towns that employ Slatedale’s residents
Where Slatedale clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
In Slatedale, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slatedale, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 8. 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 Slatedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Slatedale takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Slatedale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Slatedale
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.
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 Slatedale: questions
What is the median household income in Slatedale?
$96,071 (±$26,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Slatedale?
0.0%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Slatedale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Slatedale work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (10%, 14 mi), Upper Macungie Township (9%, 12 mi), North Whitehall Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Slatedale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Slatedale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slatedale
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.