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Lower Mount Bethel township, Northampton County, PA

2,911 Population
23.8 square miles 122.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,036 ±$10,624 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Northampton County: $44,837 ±$1,491
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$83,259 ±$17,380 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $86,687 ±$1,637
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.9% ±2.8% (142  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,577 (±0.7% / ±2,172)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

36.2 minutes ±4.7 (57,590  ±10,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Northampton County: 27.4 3,690,820 (±0.6 / ±103,407)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,179 ±75 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 121,496 ±846
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (2,911  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 303,453 (±0 / ±320)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2% ±2.6% (9  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 4.6% † 3,211 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,369 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 128,612 ±154
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$276,300 ±$30,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $285,000 ±$3,453
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

2.4% ±2.5% (69  ±73.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Northampton County: 10.6% 33,088 (±0.7% / ±2,201.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

84.7% ±13.6% (2,023  ±333.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 92.7% 205,721 (±1.5% / ±3,282.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
22.4% ±6.8% (536  ±162.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Northampton County: 33.8% 74,974 (±0.9% / ±1,999.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.5% ±3.3% (130  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Northampton County: 8.4% 26,475
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.3% ±3.2% (135  ±81) 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)
135 Total veterans ±81 135 Male ±81 N/A Female ±11

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