Households in Tatamy have higher incomes than those in 89% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 8.3 in Allentown. 0.8% of residents are in poverty; Pennsylvania has 11.7%. Jobs and income earn Tatamy A+; getting around on foot earns it A.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Tatamy apart
The four measures behind Tatamy’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tatamy is better than 98% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 76% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Tatamy’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tatamy stays A+.
Inside Tatamy’s 437 jobs
437 jobs are based in Tatamy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tatamy, 2014 → 2024: 426 → 437. 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 Tatamy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Tatamy by day and by night
On a workday 494 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 433 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
5% of working residents work in Easton
Where Tatamy clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Tatamy’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tatamy workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 653 commuters (the 16% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tatamy
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.
Tatamy is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tatamy is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% 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 780 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, 99% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 0.0% of Tatamy households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Tatamy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tatamy is 84th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Rolling Hills CA | 1,641 | $250K | 5.5% | 5.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 83 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 84 | Tatamy PA | 1,389 | $122K | 0.8% | 5.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 85 | Castle Rock Township MN | 1,346 | $133K | 2.2% | 2.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 86 | Kaneville Township IL | 1,129 | $133K | 1.4% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Tatamy, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Tatamy and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Forks Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tatamy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatamy | – | A+ | A | 28 min | $122,188 |
| Forks Township | 4% | A | C+ | 30 min | $110,190 |
| Palmer Township | 3% | A | A− | 28 min | $116,014 |
| Stockertown | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stockertown: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tatamy’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 Tatamy: questions
What is the median household income in Tatamy?
$122,188 (±$16,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tatamy?
0.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tatamy?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tatamy work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Easton (5%, 4 mi), Bethlehem (5%, 10 mi), Allentown (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tatamy walkable?
Tatamy is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tatamy without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 99% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tatamy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tatamy
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.