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Bethlehem, PA

79,959 Population
19.1 square miles 4,183 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,862 ±$3,304 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $43,116 ±$1,155
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,194 ±$9,546 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $83,974 ±$2,520
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.9% ±4.7% (10,891  ±3,487) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10% † 85,423 (±1.1% / ±9,728)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.1 minutes ±1.1 (683,445  ±44,870) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.5 10,112,225 (±0.4 / ±167,821)
  • about 80 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

30,860 ±2,271 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 341,143 ±2,920
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (73,301  ±3,489) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 861,562 (±0 / ±494)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±2.6% (954  ±508) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 5.3% † 10,523 (±0.9% / ±1,703)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,460 ±2,323 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 365,281 ±310
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$289,200 ±$12,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $332,700 ±$6,722
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.5% ±4.2% (12,226  ±3,383.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 8.5% 74,505 (±0.8% / ±7,308.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±4.6% (48,744  ±3,796.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 92.4% 580,371 (±1.9% / ±11,930.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.8% ±3.7% (20,093  ±2,317.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 33.8% 212,236 (±1.1% / ±6,719.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8% ±2.7% (6,361  ±2,154) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.9% 105,802
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.4% ±1.6% (4,160  ±1,058) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 5.6% 39,787 (±0.5% / ±3,301)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,160 Total veterans ±1,058 3,911 Male ±1,008 249 Female ±201

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