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Lower Macungie township, Lehigh County, PA

32,462 Population
22.4 square miles 1,450.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,589 ±$4,100 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lehigh County: $41,804 ±$898
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$117,551 ±$6,889 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lehigh County: $77,493 ±$2,229
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

3.5% ±0.9% (1,133  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Lehigh County: 11.9% 43,403 (±0.8% / ±3,048)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.2 minutes ±2.2 (367,650  ±36,658) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 25.1 3,982,830 (±0.6 / ±116,295)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

12,475 ±459 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 143,445 ±761
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.1 (32,211  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 366,088 (±0 / ±140)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.9% ±1.6% (185  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lehigh County: 4.9% † 4,212 (±0.7% / ±611)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

12,727 ±461 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 150,547 ±160
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$382,200 ±$17,080 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lehigh County: $276,100 ±$3,832
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.2% ±2.3% (2,972  ±735.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 10.9% 40,584 (±0.8% / ±2,971.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.2% ±4.4% (22,137  ±1,152.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 90.3% 232,667 (±1.4% / ±3,677.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
52.3% ±3.1% (12,034  ±765.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lehigh County: 33.4% 86,009 (±0.9% / ±2,219.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12% ±2.2% (3,897  ±716) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 13.3% 50,056
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.6% ±1% (1,665  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 5.8% 16,876 (±0.3% / ±982)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,665 Total veterans ±261 1,593 Male ±251 72 Female ±52

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