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Northampton County, PA

304,233 Population
369.8 square miles 822.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,339 ±$1,185 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$73,088 ±$1,225 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

8.6% ±0.6% (25,121  ±1,849) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

28 minutes ±0.7 (3,886,755  ±107,208) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

115,300 ±726 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 ±0 (293,025  ±659) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

3.8% ±0.6% (2,579  ±409) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

123,556 ±271 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$223,800 ±$3,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.9% ±0.8% (39,020  ±2,517.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.3% ±1.4% (194,968  ±3,043) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
31.8% ±0.9% (68,024  ±1,903.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,906,517 (±0.2% / ±13,395.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

7.8% ±0.5% (23,803  ±1,395) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7% ±0.3% (17,044  ±810) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
17,044 Total veterans ±810 15,919 Male ±723 1,125 Female ±236

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