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Palmer Heights, PA

3,963 Population
1.2 square miles 3,418.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,536 ±$4,536 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $43,319 ±$687
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$115,292 ±$29,283 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $82,602 ±$1,256
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.1% ±1.9% (78  ±73) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.3% 86,504 (±0.5% / ±4,494)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.1 minutes ±6.1 (42,610  ±6,651) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.7 10,261,605 (±0.4 / ±172,349)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,366 ±173 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 336,977 ±1,474
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.3 (3,732  ±619) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 842,129 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.5% ±6.1% (52  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 9,105 (±0.4% / ±803)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,435 ±175 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 360,133 ±248
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$289,400 ±$19,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $277,800 ±$2,079
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.1% ±2.5% (239  ±103) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 89,129 (±0.5% / ±3,836.5)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.6% ±6.1% (2,861  ±368.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.6% 557,085 (±0.9% / ±5,465.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
39% ±8.3% (1,181  ±284.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 32.7% 198,970 (±0.6% / ±3,350.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

9.1% ±3.9% (360  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 90,374
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.2% ±2.5% (194  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.2% 42,600 (±0.2% / ±1,513)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
194 Total veterans ±80 182 Male ±70 12 Female ±21

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