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Southern Lehigh School District, PA

23,141 Population
45.1 square miles 513.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$62,634 ±$5,548 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lehigh County: $39,856 ±$728
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$116,430 ±$6,494 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lehigh County: $74,973 ±$1,499
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

4.4% ±1.3% (979  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lehigh County: 12% 43,587 (±0.8% / ±2,932)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

24.7 minutes ±1.1 (243,910  ±18,790) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 24.7 3,982,355 (±0.4 / ±90,225)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

8,489 ±317 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 142,160 ±798
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.6 ±0.1 (22,061  ±249) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 364,883 (±0 / ±81)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

4.3% ±1.9% (202  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 4.9% † 4,225 (±0.6% / ±544)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

8,855 ±307 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 149,876 ±89
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$372,900 ±$12,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lehigh County: $254,500 ±$5,244
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

8.8% ±2.3% (2,023  ±,516.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 11% 40,879 (±0.8% / ±2,883.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

97.5% ±4.7% (16,008  ±,866.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 90.3% 230,238 (±1.4% / ±3,618.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
47.1% ±3.1% (7,741  ±,541.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lehigh County: 32.4% 82,539 (±0.8% / ±2,047.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

5% ±1.4% (1,162  ±332) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lehigh County: 12.9% 48,286
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

6.2% ±1.1% (1,146  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 5.9% 16,992 (±0.3% / ±965)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
1,146 Total veterans ±208 1,050 Male ±190 96 Female ±70

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