Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County has a population of 378,792 and has grown 2.6% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $300,400, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $80,079.

Home price
$300,400
Income
$80,079
Population
378,792
Unemployment
5.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$300,400county
Median gross rent$1,383county
Median year homes here were built1968county
Share of homes built before 198064.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,842county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,634county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,341county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,087county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$80,079county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate11.6%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.0%county
Unemployment rate5.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.5%county
Share of workers employed by government8.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.1%county
Economic output per resident$83,789county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.55%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time24.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.2 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport447899county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station38 micounty
Households without a vehicle8.3%county
Traffic deaths15.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.5%county
Public schools in the county83county
Public school enrollment56984county
Students per full-time teacher14.1county
Free lunch eligible58.3%county
Elementary schools49county
Middle schools18county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above4county
Share of local colleges that are public37.5%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution0.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians96county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.4%county
Frequent mental distress16.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population378,792county
Land area in square miles345county
People per square mile of land1097.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores59county
Convenience stores58county
Share living far from a food store17.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.8%county
Population change since 2020+2.6%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents5county
Median age39.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.7%county
Share of households that are one person26.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States14.4%county
Second languages26.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls40.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents83county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in9,732county
Households that moved away10,120county
Average income of arriving households$66,001county
Average income of departing households$66,725county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year394county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings2.0%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.4 incounty
Annual snowfall23.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.94 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F16 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing125 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days179 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 27county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$147county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh17.2¢county
Household electricity use853 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity40.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas34.7%county
Homes heated by propane3.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil18.4%county
Homes heated by wood1.4%county
Households with broadband90.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk95.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk64.5county
Landslide risk79.5county
Hail risk38.8county
Earthquake risk89.8county
Tornado risk87.4county
Tropical cyclone risk90.2county
Extreme heat risk96.5county
Winter weather risk98.8county
Strong wind risk95.6county
Wildfire risk30.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here1county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Lehigh County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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