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Bethlehem, PA

75,134 Population
19.1 square miles 3,930.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,054 ±$2,977 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $38,079 ±$884
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
$57,320 ±$6,744 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $72,058 ±$2,310
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505

19.2% ±4.5% (13,486  ±3,185) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.3% † 95,108 (±1.1% / ±9,624)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)

22.7 minutes ±1 (711,560  ±42,419) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.5 10,420,060 (±0.3 / ±156,035)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)

Families

30,099 ±1,739 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 337,283 ±2,796
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
2.3 ±0.2 (69,678  ±2,658) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 843,335 (±0 / ±2,540)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)

4.1% ±1.2% (797  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.4% 8,422 (±0.4% / ±830)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 145,623 (±0.1% / ±3,238)

Housing

31,754 ±1,814 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 359,789 ±1,029
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639

$214,800 ±$9,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $254,600 ±$4,990
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434

11.9% ±2.3% (8,955  ±1,743.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.2% † 87,538 (±1% / ±8,931.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)

Social

87.5% ±4.6% (43,643  ±3,296.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.2% 552,536 (±1.8% / ±11,054.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
33% ±3.4% (16,438  ±1,914.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 32.2% 195,193 (±1% / ±6,247.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.6% ±2.4% (7,958  ±1,842) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.2% 87,983 (±0.7% / ±6,352)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)

5.6% ±1.5% (3,487  ±949) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.3% 43,159 (±0.4% / ±2,729)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
3,487 Total veterans ±949 2,928 Male ±681 559 Female ±642

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