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Bushkill township, Northampton County, PA

8,623 Population
25 square miles 345.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$55,213 ±$4,232 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Northampton County: $45,736 ±$1,366
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$120,522 ±$7,831 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Northampton County: $89,184 ±$2,135
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

4.1% ±3.1% (356  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,729 (±0.7% / ±2,134)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

29.3 minutes ±0.7 (103,870  ±11,684) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 27 3,634,035 (±0.6 / ±99,277)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

3,175 ±155 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 122,624 ±772
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.7 ±0.1 (8,606  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 305,594 (±0 / ±339)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

2.7% ±1.6% (45  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 4.9% † 3,445 (±0.8% / ±558)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

3,236 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 129,448 ±166
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$407,300 ±$30,537 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Northampton County: $308,600 ±$5,192
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

5.8% ±3.1% (499  ±268.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 10.2% 32,036 (±0.7% / ±2,092.7)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

92.5% ±6.5% (5,664  ±480.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
45.7% ±4.6% (2,800  ±311.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northampton County: 34.7% 77,720 (±0.9% / ±1,986.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

2.9% ±1.6% (251  ±138) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Northampton County: 8.6% 27,467
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

7.5% ±1.9% (496  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 6.3% 16,253 (±0.3% / ±796)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
496 Total veterans ±125 485 Male ±122 11 Female ±13

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