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Palmer Heights, PA

3,624 Population
1.2 square miles 3,126.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±7.3 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 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,661 ±$4,957 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $44,264 ±$624
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,815 ±$15,318 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $84,587 ±$1,380
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±3.2% (162  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.2% 86,532 (±0.5% / ±3,837)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.6 minutes ±1.3 (35,170  ±7,656) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.5 10,112,225 (±0.4 / ±167,821)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,334 ±178 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 339,656 ±1,254
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (3,385  ±618) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 848,939 (±0 / ±496)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±4.2% (40  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 9,052 (±0.5% / ±869)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,383 ±167 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 361,874 ±232
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$309,100 ±$18,849 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $300,800 ±$3,657
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4% ±1.7% (144  ±66.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.8% 84,888 (±0.4% / ±3,729.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±4.3% (2,682  ±349.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.8% 563,769 (±0.9% / ±5,481.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.2% ±7.9% (1,044  ±255.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 33.5% 205,629 (±0.5% / ±3,172)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.5% ±4.2% (308  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11% 96,342
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2.5% (211  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6% 41,821 (±0.2% / ±1,471)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
211 Total veterans ±78 202 Male ±74 9 Female ±14

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