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Lehigh County (South, Outside Allentown & Bethlehem Cities)--Emmaus Borough PUMA, PA

165,067 Population
137.7 square miles 1,198.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$50,579 ±$2,952 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$96,501 ±$6,858 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.6% ±2.4% (12,278  ±3,964) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.1 minutes ±0.8 (1,781,005  ±69,066) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

66,069 ±2,585 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (162,206  ±4,787) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.8% ±1.5% (1,267  ±519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

67,304 ±2,599 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$353,800 ±$13,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.2% ±2% (13,485  ±3,319.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.9% ±3.5% (113,587  ±5,231.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41.3% ±2.6% (49,383  ±3,397.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

16.2% ±1.4% (24,958  ±2,111.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,482,073 (±0.1% / ±11,519.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

9.9% ±1.6% (16,384  ±2,622) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.2% ±0.9% (8,110  ±1,220) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,110 Total veterans ±1,220 7,516 Male ±1,168 594 Female ±351

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