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Northwestern Lehigh School District, PA

14,786 Population
106.7 square miles 138.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 39.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,928 ±$5,567 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lehigh County: $43,088 ±$901
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$112,757 ±$6,353 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lehigh County: $80,079 ±$1,728
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±1.2% (473  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lehigh County: 11.6% 42,770 (±0.7% / ±2,741)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±1.9 (182,770  ±17,673) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 24.9 3,895,230 (±0.5 / ±103,740)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,680 ±263 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 144,386 ±695
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (14,740  ±222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 369,923 (±0 / ±160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±2.8% (199  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lehigh County: 4.6% † 3,974 (±0.7% / ±579)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,915 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 151,220 ±109
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$375,400 ±$18,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lehigh County: $300,400 ±$5,846
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±1.9% (746  ±283) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lehigh County: 10.3% 38,473 (±0.7% / ±2,738.7)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±4.4% (10,185  ±582.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 90.5% 235,901 (±1.4% / ±3,656.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.6% ±3.1% (4,034  ±361.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 34.2% 89,104 (±0.8% / ±2,098.2)
  • about 10 percent 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

2.2% ±0.8% (323  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lehigh County: 14.4% 54,656
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.5% (846  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lehigh County: 5.6% 16,518 (±0.3% / ±1,003)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
846 Total veterans ±172 823 Male ±169 23 Female ±20

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