Photo: Shuvaev · CC BY-SA 4.0Weissport has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Weissport for work; outside it, Allentown is the main destination (6%, 20 miles). Weissport has 24 jobs, and 211 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Weissport, in brief
Weissport is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Weissport, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Weissport has about 230 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Weissport workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Weissport
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Weissport on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
How long Weissport spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weissport workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 269 commuters (the 0% 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 people from Weissport work
Where Weissport clocks in
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Weissport
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weissport, 2014 → 2024: 126 → 24. 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 Weissport’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Weissport
About 22% 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.
13% of Weissport works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weissport workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weissport | – | — | — | 26 min | $66,875 |
| Franklin Township | 4% | B− | C+ | 32 min | $88,924 |
| Lehighton | 6% | C+ | A | 25 min | $64,651 |
| Weissport East | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mahoning Township | 3% | B+ | C | 31 min | $71,881 |
Same-state neighbors only. Weissport East: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lehighton. Darker towns draw more of Weissport’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 Weissport: questions
What is the median household income in Weissport?
$66,875 (±$17,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weissport?
15.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weissport?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weissport work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Allentown (6%, 20 mi), Lehighton (6%, 1 mi), Franklin Township (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Weissport without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weissport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weissport
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.