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Census Tract 5, Lehigh, PA

2,765 Population
0.4 square miles 6,855.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Allentown: 33.1 ±0.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lehigh County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$20,558 ±$3,324 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Allentown: $26,892 ±$868
  • about half the amount in Lehigh County: $43,088 ±$901
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$44,273 ±$15,819 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allentown: $55,494 ±$2,358
  • about half the amount in Lehigh County: $80,079 ±$1,728
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

12.4% ±9.6% (340  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Allentown: 21% 25,293 (±1.8% / ±2,114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 11.6% 42,770 (±0.7% / ±2,741)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

27 minutes ±10.3 (27,425  ±7,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allentown: 24.6 1,241,590 (±1 / ±68,982)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 24.9 3,895,230 (±0.5 / ±103,740)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

821 ±135 Number of households
  • Allentown: 46,374 ±913
  • Lehigh County: 144,386 ±695
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
3.3 ±0.5 (2,720  ±596) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Allentown: 2.6 120,766 (±0.1 / ±209)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 369,923 (±0 / ±160)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

10.7% ±7.1% (93  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Allentown: 4.8% † 1,560 (±1.1% / ±348)
  • more than double the rate in Lehigh County: 4.6% † 3,974 (±0.7% / ±579)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

964 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Allentown: 49,502 ±929
  • Lehigh County: 151,220 ±109
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$165,500 ±$53,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allentown: $206,600 ±$6,302
  • about half the amount in Lehigh County: $300,400 ±$5,846
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

11.8% ±4.8% (312  ±144.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Allentown: 12.2% † 15,153 (±1.3% / ±1,625.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 10.3% 38,473 (±0.7% / ±2,738.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

83.8% ±2.9% (1,327  ±292.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allentown: 81.1% 65,099 (±2.6% / ±2,294)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 90.5% 235,901 (±1.4% / ±3,656.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
12.1% ±5.7% (192  ±99.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Allentown: 19.1% 15,349 (±1.3% / ±1,083.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lehigh County: 34.2% 89,104 (±0.8% / ±2,098.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

12.2% ±5.6% (338  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Allentown: 24% 30,275 (±1.7% / ±2,152)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 14.4% 54,656
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.7% ±3.4% (68  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Allentown: 3.8% † 3,650 (±0.6% / ±525)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lehigh County: 5.6% 16,518 (±0.3% / ±1,003)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
68 Total veterans ±65 68 Male ±65 N/A Female ±12

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