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Lower Macungie township, Lehigh County, PA

32,727 Population
22.4 square miles 1,462.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,598 ±$4,113 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lehigh County: $43,088 ±$901
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$125,230 ±$11,461 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lehigh County: $80,079 ±$1,728
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.7% ±1% (859  ±323) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lehigh County: 11.6% 42,770 (±0.7% / ±2,741)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±2.6 (357,815  ±39,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 24.9 3,895,230 (±0.5 / ±103,740)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,313 ±484 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 144,386 ±695
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (32,458  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 369,923 (±0 / ±160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.8% ±1.1% (115  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lehigh County: 4.6% † 3,974 (±0.7% / ±579)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,544 ±487 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 151,220 ±109
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$406,500 ±$15,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lehigh County: $300,400 ±$5,846
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±2.3% (2,581  ±755.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lehigh County: 10.3% 38,473 (±0.7% / ±2,738.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±4.6% (22,355  ±1,236.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 90.5% 235,901 (±1.4% / ±3,656.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.4% ±3.4% (12,334  ±854.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lehigh County: 34.2% 89,104 (±0.8% / ±2,098.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

11.4% ±2.1% (3,724  ±697) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 14.4% 54,656
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±1.2% (1,622  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 5.6% 16,518 (±0.3% / ±1,003)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,622 Total veterans ±297 1,579 Male ±292 43 Female ±32

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