Allentown

City Commute Profile

Allentown, PA

Where Allentown’s 55,871 resident workers go each day — 16.1% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Bethlehem.

PennsylvaniaLODES 2023 data
58
Commute Score

58 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Allentown at a glance
Employed Residents
55,871
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
16.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Bethlehem
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Allentown proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Allentown commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Allentown

55,871 commutes, one dot at a time

Allentown

Where 55,871 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Allentown, by worker count.

1Allentown0.0 mi9,005
2Bethlehem5.6 mi4,349
3Philadelphia45.2 mi1,779
4New York82.3 mi962
5Fountain Hill4.3 mi861
6Emmaus4.5 mi779
7Fullerton2.1 mi740
8Trexlertown7.7 mi634

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Allentown.

1Allentown0.0 mi9,005
2Bethlehem5.6 mi2,904
3Philadelphia45.2 mi1,117
4Fullerton2.1 mi1,095
5Emmaus4.5 mi668
6Northampton5.8 mi649
7Easton14.9 mi496
8Breinigsville9.3 mi392

Top industries

The sectors that employ Allentown’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance26.5%
EDEducational Services9.2%
RTRetail Trade8.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.9%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.1%
PAPublic Administration5.6%
MFManufacturing5.1%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises4.9%

Allentown city profile

Who lives in Allentown — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
125,976
Median age
33.1yrs
Median household income
$55,494
Median home value
$206,600
Median gross rent
$1,317/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
19.1%
Poverty rate
21.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Allentown

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps92%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Allentown

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).