Slatington Historic District · Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 3.0Slatington has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. Employers in Slatington report 574 jobs, against 1,967 working residents. For jobs and income Slatington is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Slatington: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Slatington
Job access by car holds Slatington’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Slatington could be anywhere from D to B.
Who leaves Slatington for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,892 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 499 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Slatington on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
8% of working residents work in Allentown
Where Slatington clocks in
8% 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.
Jobs in Slatington: what the 574 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slatington, 2013 → 2023: 565 → 574. 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 Slatington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Slatington takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Slatington workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,661 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Slatington commutes less than 14 miles
About 15% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Slatington is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 73% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 58% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 6.9% of Slatington households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Slatington’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,939th of 4,039: where Slatington ranks among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 23 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
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| 28 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 71 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,937 | Boulder Creek CA | 4,632 | $84K | 7.1% | 12.1% | 6% | C |
| 2,938 | Grape Creek TX | 4,036 | $53K | 26.9% | 2.0% | 9% | C |
| 2,939 | Slatington PA | 4,296 | $50K | 25.8% | 4.1% | 4% | C |
| 2,940 | Foster Township PA | 3,555 | $68K | 10.5% | 9.4% | 4% | C |
| 2,941 | Emporia VA | 5,447 | $52K | 15.8% | 2.9% | 26% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Slatington, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Around Slatington: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Slatington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slatington | – | C | A | 27 min | $49,625 |
| Washington Township | under 3% | A | C− | 30 min | $86,837 |
| Walnutport | under 3% | B | B+ | 28 min | $75,588 |
| Lehigh Township | under 3% | A− | D | 29 min | $89,741 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Slatington’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 Slatington: questions
What is the median household income in Slatington?
$49,625 (±$9,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Slatington?
25.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Slatington?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Slatington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (8%, 13 mi), Upper Macungie Township (7%, 13 mi), Bethlehem (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Slatington walkable?
Slatington is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Slatington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 58% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Slatington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slatington
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.