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Northampton (South) & Lehigh (East) Counties--Bethlehem (East) & Easton Cities PUMA, PA

184,641 Population
90.9 square miles 2,032 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,854 ±$2,640 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,037 ±$8,287 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.2% ±2.5% (19,158  ±4,249) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24 minutes ±1.2 (1,860,910  ±162,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

69,211 ±2,734 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (172,020  ±5,111) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.9% ±2.1% (2,523  ±906) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

73,563 ±2,378 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$329,600 ±$18,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.9% ±2.5% (23,491  ±4,517) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.4% ±3.6% (114,144  ±5,744.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.4% ±2.5% (47,421  ±3,416.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

20.2% ±1.2% (34,992  ±2,001.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

9.5% ±1.8% (17,500  ±3,275) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.9% ±1% (8,611  ±1,502) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,611 Total veterans ±1,502 7,808 Male ±1,400 803 Female ±431

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