A job hub: Trexlertown has 3.3 jobs per working resident, and 3,682 people come in to work
Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average; the Pennsylvania average is 26, the U.S. 26. 3,707 jobs are based in Trexlertown for 1,129 working residents. Only 2% stay in Trexlertown for work; outside it, Upper Macungie Township is the main destination (12%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Trexlertown, in a few figures
Trexlertown fills up on a workday
Trexlertown has 3,707 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,000 people are in town, more than double the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
53% of the jobs in Trexlertown are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Trexlertown are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Pennsylvania. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Pennsylvania worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Trexlertown than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Trexlertown fell from 6,017 in 2014 to 3,707 in 2024, −38%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Trexlertown on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,104 residents head out to work and 25 work right here.
About 5,000 people are in Trexlertown on a workday afternoon, 107% more 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.
What Trexlertown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trexlertown, 2014 → 2024: 6,017 → 3,707. 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 Trexlertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Trexlertown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trexlertown workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,153 commuters (the 21% 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.
Commuting in to Trexlertown: where workers come from
Where Trexlertown clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Where in the region Trexlertown works
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.
Trexlertown and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lower Macungie Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trexlertown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trexlertown | – | — | — | 17 min | $109,792 |
| Breinigsville | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lower Macungie Township | 7% | A+ | B | 27 min | $125,230 |
Same-state neighbors only. Breinigsville: 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 Trexlertown’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 Trexlertown: questions
What is the median household income in Trexlertown?
$109,792 (±$31,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trexlertown?
0.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trexlertown?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trexlertown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Macungie Township (12%, 2 mi), Allentown (9%, 7 mi), Lower Macungie Township (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Trexlertown without a car?
2% 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 Trexlertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trexlertown
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.