Towamensing Trails has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Towamensing Trails; the top destination outside it is Penn Forest Township (6%, 4 miles). There are 96 jobs in Towamensing Trails, and 839 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 28% of workers; Pennsylvania has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Towamensing Trails, in a few figures
Towamensing Trails is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Towamensing Trails, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Towamensing Trails has about 970 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Towamensing Trails workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Towamensing Trails works from home
28% of Towamensing Trails workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
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; with 839 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Towamensing Trails by day and by night
On a workday 812 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Towamensing Trails on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Towamensing Trails: about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Towamensing Trails workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 28% 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.
Where the trip to work from Towamensing Trails ends
Where Towamensing Trails clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Towamensing Trails, 2014 → 2024: 140 → 96. 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 Towamensing Trails’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Towamensing Trails
About 31% 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.
Towamensing Trails and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Kidder Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Towamensing Trails workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towamensing Trails | – | — | — | 42 min | $81,429 |
| Kidder Township | 4% | B− | D | 34 min | $78,854 |
| Albrightsville | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Albrightsville: 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 Towamensing Trails’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 Towamensing Trails: questions
What is the median household income in Towamensing Trails?
$81,429 (±$37,675) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Towamensing Trails?
6.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Towamensing Trails?
42 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Towamensing Trails work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Penn Forest Township (6%, 4 mi), Allentown (4%, 28 mi), Kidder Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Towamensing Trails 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 Towamensing Trails, from the people who make the trip.
More of Towamensing Trails
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.