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Bethlehem city, Northampton County, PA

57,970 Population
14.8 square miles 3,912.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±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 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,503 ±$6,424 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $45,736 ±$1,366
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,874 ±$4,742 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Northampton County: $89,184 ±$2,135
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±2.2% (8,579  ±1,162) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,729 (±0.7% / ±2,134)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±1.4 (512,995  ±41,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 27 3,634,035 (±0.6 / ±99,277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,241 ±673 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 122,624 ±772
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (52,176  ±108) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 305,594 (±0 / ±339)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±1.4% (533  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northampton County: 4.9% † 3,445 (±0.8% / ±558)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

23,239 ±649 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 129,448 ±166
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$261,800 ±$8,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $308,600 ±$5,192
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.9% ±2.2% (9,120  ±1,244.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 10.2% 32,036 (±0.7% / ±2,092.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±2.9% (33,338  ±1,451.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Northampton County: 92.9% 208,006 (±1.4% / ±3,109.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.8% ±2.1% (12,867  ±875.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 34.7% 77,720 (±0.9% / ±1,986.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about the same as 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

10.7% ±1.4% (6,198  ±835) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 8.6% 27,467
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±0.7% (2,209  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northampton County: 6.3% 16,253 (±0.3% / ±796)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,209 Total veterans ±325 2,089 Male ±319 120 Female ±60

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