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Census Tract 179.02, Northampton, PA

2,378 Population
0.6 square miles 4,210.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hellertown: 41.5 ±2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$42,413 ±$5,112 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hellertown: $36,700 ±$3,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $45,736 ±$1,366
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$90,556 ±$14,870 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hellertown: $72,813 † ±$11,418
  • about the same as the amount in Northampton County: $89,184 ±$2,135
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

1.6% ±1.1% (37  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Hellertown: 4.8% † 285 (±2.1% / ±127)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,729 (±0.7% / ±2,134)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.2 minutes ±0.9 (25,260  ±3,666) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hellertown: 25.7 57,450 (±2.3 / ±10,964)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northampton County: 27 3,634,035 (±0.6 / ±99,277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

928 ±72 Number of households
  • Hellertown: 2,398 ±177
  • Northampton County: 122,624 ±772
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.6 ±0.2 (2,378  ±286) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hellertown: 2.5 5,921 (±0.2 / ±38)
  • a little higher than the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 305,594 (±0 / ±339)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

4.9% ±3.7% (28  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hellertown: 3.1% † 46 (±2.5% / ±37)
  • about the same as the rate in Northampton County: 4.9% † 3,445 (±0.8% / ±558)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

948 ±74 Number of housing units
  • Hellertown: 2,597 ±178
  • Northampton County: 129,448 ±166
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$251,900 ±$19,738 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
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.8% ±4.8% (233  ±117.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hellertown: 6.4% † 390 (±2.5% / ±151.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Northampton County: 10.2% 32,036 (±0.7% / ±2,092.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96% ±7.3% (1,642  ±191) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hellertown: 93.2% 4,137 (±6.9% / ±383.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Northampton County: 92.9% 208,006 (±1.4% / ±3,109.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
43.3% ±5.8% (740  ±118.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hellertown: 30.8% † 1,368 (±4.1% / ±198.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 34.7% 77,720 (±0.9% / ±1,986.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2.7% ±2.1% (63  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hellertown: 5.7% † 349 (±2.4% / ±149)
  • about one-third of the rate in Northampton County: 8.6% 27,467
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

11.8% ±4.1% (214  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hellertown: 8.7% † 424 (±2.1% / ±106)
  • nearly double the rate in Northampton County: 6.3% 16,253 (±0.3% / ±796)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
214 Total veterans ±76 191 Male ±72 23 Female ±22

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