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Bethlehem Area School District, PA

121,501 Population
41.5 square miles 2,926 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Northampton County: 42.1 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,429 ±$3,135 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $43,538 ±$1,833
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$79,510 ±$8,159 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $84,229 ±$3,019
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

11% ±3.3% (12,523  ±3,776) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 9.6% † 29,333 (±1.8% / ±5,427)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

24.8 minutes ±1.2 (1,313,120  ±124,433) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 27.6 3,674,905 (±1.5 / ±237,767)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)

Families

49,867 ±2,387 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 123,536 ±2,177
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.3 ±0.1 (113,725  ±3,878) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 305,252 (±0.1 / ±1,414)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

3.3% ±2.3% (1,006  ±697) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 4.1% † 2,886 (±1.3% / ±948)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

51,127 ±2,310 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 130,430 ±572
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$294,700 ±$13,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $312,800 ±$10,190
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

9.2% ±2% (11,114  ±2,452.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 8.3% † 26,181 (±1.1% / ±3,557.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

93.3% ±3.6% (78,579  ±4,368.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 94.3% 212,170 (±3.2% / ±7,152.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
39.4% ±3% (33,176  ±2,825.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 34.3% 77,243 (±1.9% / ±4,372.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

10.4% ±2.2% (12,678  ±2,723) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 8.6% 27,351
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

4.8% ±1.1% (4,748  ±1,106) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Northampton County: 6.3% † 16,179 (±0.7% / ±1,924)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
4,748 Total veterans ±1,106 4,423 Male ±1,070 325 Female ±267

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