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Bethlehem city, Northampton County, PA

57,229 Population
14.8 square miles 3,862.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,498 ±$6,754 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $44,837 ±$1,491
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,837 ±$3,501 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Northampton County: $86,687 ±$1,637
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

16.3% ±2.4% (8,457  ±1,254) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,577 (±0.7% / ±2,172)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.7 minutes ±0.9 (516,790  ±34,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 27.4 3,690,820 (±0.6 / ±103,407)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

21,889 ±694 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 121,496 ±846
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (51,595  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 303,453 (±0 / ±320)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.9% ±1.7% (580  ±248) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 4.6% † 3,211 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

22,995 ±624 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 128,612 ±154
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$237,600 ±$8,506 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $285,000 ±$3,453
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.7% ±2.1% (9,456  ±1,195.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 10.6% 33,088 (±0.7% / ±2,201.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.1% ±3.1% (32,399  ±1,436) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Northampton County: 92.7% 205,721 (±1.5% / ±3,282.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
34.3% ±2.2% (12,479  ±857) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 33.8% 74,974 (±0.9% / ±1,999.4)
  • about the same as 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

11.6% ±1.4% (6,645  ±816) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Northampton County: 8.4% 26,475
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.6% ±0.8% (2,171  ±360) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Northampton County: 6.5% 16,638 (±0.3% / ±830)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
2,171 Total veterans ±360 2,059 Male ±342 112 Female ±61

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