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Whitehall township, Lehigh County, PA

29,128 Population
12.6 square miles 2,316.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,001 ±$2,971 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lehigh County: $41,804 ±$898
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$69,480 ±$5,987 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lehigh County: $77,493 ±$2,229
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10.9% ±3.5% (3,150  ±1,004) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 11.9% 43,403 (±0.8% / ±3,048)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26.8 minutes ±1.6 (379,485  ±30,268) 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

11,607 ±374 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 143,445 ±761
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (28,970  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 366,088 (±0 / ±140)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.9% ±2.7% (405  ±184) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 4.9% † 4,212 (±0.7% / ±611)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

12,137 ±413 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 150,547 ±160
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$246,500 ±$9,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lehigh County: $276,100 ±$3,832
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.1% ±3.3% (3,199  ±946.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lehigh County: 10.9% 40,584 (±0.8% / ±2,971.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.3% ±5.1% (19,183  ±1,156.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lehigh County: 90.3% 232,667 (±1.4% / ±3,677.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
26.7% ±3% (5,559  ±637.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 33.4% 86,009 (±0.9% / ±2,219.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

16.6% ±2.7% (4,820  ±774) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 13.3% 50,056
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.7% ±1.1% (1,322  ±251) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lehigh County: 5.8% 16,876 (±0.3% / ±982)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,322 Total veterans ±251 1,276 Male ±252 46 Female ±44

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