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Census Tract 179.01, Northampton, PA

3,740 Population
0.7 square miles 5,007.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hellertown: 41.5 ±2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$33,067 ±$3,546 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hellertown: $36,700 ±$3,074
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Northampton County: $45,736 ±$1,366
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$61,935 ±$5,888 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hellertown: $72,813 † ±$11,418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Northampton County: $89,184 ±$2,135
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

7% ±3.3% (248  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hellertown: 4.8% † 285 (±2.1% / ±127)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,729 (±0.7% / ±2,134)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

27 minutes ±3.2 (32,190  ±10,012) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hellertown: 25.7 57,450 (±2.3 / ±10,964)
  • about the same as the figure in Northampton County: 27 3,634,035 (±0.6 / ±99,277)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,470 ±155 Number of households
  • Hellertown: 2,398 ±177
  • Northampton County: 122,624 ±772
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.3 (3,543  ±292) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hellertown: 2.5 5,921 (±0.2 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 305,594 (±0 / ±339)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

2% ±2.3% (18  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hellertown: 3.1% † 46 (±2.5% / ±37)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 4.9% † 3,445 (±0.8% / ±558)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,649 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Hellertown: 2,597 ±178
  • Northampton County: 129,448 ±166
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$262,300 ±$34,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hellertown: $256,200 ±$18,873
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $308,600 ±$5,192
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

4.2% ±2.6% (157  ±96.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hellertown: 6.4% † 390 (±2.5% / ±151.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northampton County: 10.2% 32,036 (±0.7% / ±2,092.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.5% ±9.5% (2,495  ±322.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hellertown: 93.2% 4,137 (±6.9% / ±383.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 92.9% 208,006 (±1.4% / ±3,109.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
23% ±5.5% (628  ±156.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hellertown: 30.8% † 1,368 (±4.1% / ±198.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Northampton County: 34.7% 77,720 (±0.9% / ±1,986.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.7% ±3.9% (286  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hellertown: 5.7% † 349 (±2.4% / ±149)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Northampton County: 8.6% 27,467
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.8% ±3.1% (210  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hellertown: 8.7% † 424 (±2.1% / ±106)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 6.3% 16,253 (±0.3% / ±796)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
210 Total veterans ±97 204 Male ±97 6 Female ±10

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