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Forks township, Northampton County, PA

16,247 Population
12.1 square miles 1,344.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,068 ±$4,895 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Northampton County: $44,837 ±$1,491
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$111,210 ±$12,148 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Northampton County: $86,687 ±$1,637
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.2% ±1.7% (672  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,577 (±0.7% / ±2,172)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

30.5 minutes ±1.9 (228,745  ±23,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 27.4 3,690,820 (±0.6 / ±103,407)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,286 ±281 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 121,496 ±846
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.1 (16,206  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 303,453 (±0 / ±320)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.4% ±4.4% (246  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 4.6% † 3,211 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

6,531 ±307 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 128,612 ±154
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$347,000 ±$12,910 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Northampton County: $285,000 ±$3,453
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.5% ±3.1% (1,357  ±488.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 10.6% 33,088 (±0.7% / ±2,201.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.1% ±6.9% (11,123  ±908.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 92.7% 205,721 (±1.5% / ±3,282.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
42.2% ±5.4% (4,987  ±657.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 33.8% 74,974 (±0.9% / ±1,999.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

12.9% ±2.5% (2,091  ±402) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northampton County: 8.4% 26,475
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.1% ±1.3% (673  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 6.5% 16,638 (±0.3% / ±830)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
673 Total veterans ±170 636 Male ±170 37 Female ±38

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