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Bethlehem, PA

76,044 Population
19.1 square miles 3,978.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,749 ±$2,206 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $35,370 ±$800
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,804 ±$222
$60,268 ±$5,842 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $70,793 ±$2,229
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,463 ±$429

12.5% ±3.9% (8,809  ±2,764) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.3% 76,252 (±0.9% / ±7,409)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,489,333 (±0.3% / ±38,199)

23.3 minutes ±0.8 (799,285  ±36,105) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 28 10,870,895 (±0.3 / ±125,817)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 157,372,970 (±0.1 / ±580,939)

Families

29,213 ±2,258 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 322,301 ±3,595
  • Pennsylvania: 5,119,249 ±11,502
2.4 ±0.2 (69,933  ±2,981) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 819,015 (±0 / ±4,363)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,380,244 (±0)

3.8% ±2.1% (724  ±407) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.3% † 8,034 (±0.8% / ±1,431)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 148,956 (±0.2% / ±6,375)

Housing

31,564 ±2,255 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 351,530 ±1,676
  • Pennsylvania: 5,732,580 ±1,066

$175,300 ±$7,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $224,900 ±$4,173
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $192,600 ±$1,105

19.9% ±4.3% (14,943  ±3,309.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.7% 97,778 (±1% / ±8,355.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,577,990 (±0.3% / ±34,693.9)

Social

87.5% ±5% (44,494  ±3,565.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 90.9% 538,239 (±1.8% / ±10,450.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,216,204 (±0.5% / ±41,592.6)
31.3% ±3.6% (15,923  ±2,020.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 29.7% 175,820 (±1% / ±5,651.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,917,402 (±0.3% / ±22,331.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

14.1% ±3.4% (10,728  ±2,616) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.3% 78,685 (±0.7% / ±5,450)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,167 (±0.2% / ±19,548)

5.7% ±1.4% (3,585  ±900) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.6% 43,878 (±0.5% / ±3,267)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 710,375 (±0.1% / ±9,304)
3,585 Total veterans ±900 3,461 Male ±856 124 Female ±159

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